A Delaware insurance agency has won another chance at proving a law firm was negligent in defending it in a non-compete dispute with another agency, a dispute it ended up settling for $1.2 million.
The Delaware Supreme Court has reversed a Superior Court ruling of summary judgment for the law firm, Margolis Edelstein, which GMG Insurance Agency alleged committed legal malpractice. The Supreme Court found that the Superior Court erred in granting summary judgment because there are questions of fact concerning whether the lawyers breached the standard of care for a Delaware attorney.
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