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· 6/16/1988

Waldman v. Levine

Citations

  • 544 A.2d 683
  • 78 A.L.R. 4th 703
  • 1988 D.C. App. LEXIS 127
  • 1988 WL 63136

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that a single standard of care governs all negligence actions
  • explaining that a single standard of care governs all negligence actions
  • finding successor counsel had no duty to for mer counsel and not allowing suit on public policy grounds
  • noting that “[i]t is an obvious proposition that the [D.C.] Code of Professional Conduct provides a gauge by which to determine the competency of the Bar” and finding appropriate an expert’s “use of the Code in determining the standard of care required in a legal malpractice case”
  • Code of Professional Responsibility constitutes some evidence of the standards required for lawyers

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Judges: Pryor, Rogers, Kern

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