Duerr v. Brown

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that a client‘s claims for fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract were claims for professional negligence when the client alleged the attorney drafted a habeas petition that the attorney ―knew would fail‖
• professional negligence claims were predicated on allegations that attorneys mishandled filing of client’s requests for additional benefits pursuant to class settlement
• professional negligence claims were predicated on allegations that attorneys mishandled filing of client's requests for additional benefits pursuant to class settlement
• professional negligence claims were predicated on allegations that attorneys mishandled filing of client’s requests for additional benefits pursuant to class settlement
• despite allegations that firm received additional fees from persuading client to settle, crux of complaint was that client did not receive desired settlement amount due to mishandling of claim
• “A legal[-]malpractice claim focuses on whether an attorney represented a client with the requisite level of skill, while a breach[-]of[-]fiduciary[-]duty claim encompasses whether an attorney obtained an improper benefit from the representation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).