Florida Legal Malpractice Legal Questions

There really is not practical mans as its obvious you are now confrontational with the lawyer so you may as well fire them and have the new lawyer get the records. What you cant afford is to keep a lawyer representing you that you have such a relationship with. The sooner you get on with that the faster this issue gets resolved. ... Read Answer

You will need to retain a lawyer to review all the proceeding and address your questions. This sounds like one bank foreclosed and took the sale proceeds to apply them to other lien holder claims. There is no situation where someone buys your "equity" for $100.00 from anyone as thats not how that works. THIS is why you have lawyers defend the foreclosure to make sure things are handled properly. As the property is generally sold at an auction, the lenders are not obligated beyond "fair market value" to get the most they can for a property. If you thought it would sell for more in general, then the private sale by the home owner is where that takes place, not the auction block.... Read Answer

Sorry - there is no practical legal claim for getting bad grades or "financial hardship" over a $345.00 charge. If you have emotional or psychological issues where you require medication to function, you might want to focus on securing proper medical documentation to present to the scool administration to see if they will allow you to re-test if your doctors will support that you were medically impaired. If my "wrong medication" you mean "iffective" as opposed to an error in the prescription by the pharmacy, the issue is even less likely to be viable.  Claiming that you were forced to "drop out of Grad school" for that reason is likely a reach in credibility vs. other potential reasons.... Read Answer

Its impossible to determine if there was some malpractice event from your post nor how you were damaged. What IS clear is that you cannot sue for damages because someone else paid off your debt. Other than that you will need to HIRE a lawyer to review the entire transaction and see what actually occured and address it accordingly... Read Answer

" Do not contact me if your going to waste my time" that type of comment wil lnot do you well in trying to find a lawyer to address that claim. You will also have to deal with the issue that you settled the case and that may be a huge issue in blaming the lawyer that needs to be addressed. i understand that you feel the lawyer mishandled the case, but you will need to dial in the rage if you expect anyone to be interested in addressing the issue as oppsed to simply being the next target. ... Read Answer

"I do not have the money to pay them at the moment and I am very fearful." if that is the response to the demand for shoplifting/theft letter, trying to blame the lawyer is simply disingengous. If you don't have $400.00 now you likely didn't have $200.00 then and thats the issue. Its $400.00 not $4,000.00 so if you want to resolve the civil claim component, you will need to find $400.00 and for 99% of people that is achived by making financial sacrifices to raise the money, but can be done. Now, your lawyer is right, that in most instances they do not actually pursue a civil lkawsuit. HOWEVER you dhould knw there is a growing trend of retailers and lawyers that will looking to add legal fees to non dischargable in bankruptcy judgment with the expectation of possibly coillecting on the fund over the next 20 years... Read Answer

Dear Cheryl,   I am sorry to hear about the ordeal through which you are suffering. I suggest that you contact a Personal Injury attorney to discuss all aspects of this matter and determine if the standard of care was breached by the physician, what is required to correct the problem and what is the magnitude of damage you will be left with if that breach caused you serious permanent injuries.   Consequently, if you are interested in consulting with one of us, you will have to reach out, as attorneys are unable to directly solicit on this forum.   Do not delay, as the Statute of Limitation in general (there are exceptions) for bringing a Medical Malpractice lawsuit can run as early as 2 years from the date of the medical error(s).      ... Read Answer

You will typically have to hire a lawyer at some significant legal fee expense as anexpert to review the case and see what occured an provide a written opinion on the issue. Unfortunately, most people hire foreclosure lawyrs and pay very very little in legal fees and then get upset that the lawyers dont file Supreme Court appeals and spend tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees chasing various issues in the case they can't afford to fund disputes over. All of that has to be sorted out from what actually happened in the foreclosure process. ... Read Answer

I have little doubt that was NOT the explanation provided by your laywer and no one would accept such a silly statement as a client even if a lawyer were to say something so absurd. Moreover, not sure what the damages would be if you actually entered into a settlement for some reason or other in the cause. If you seriously expect tp pursue such an issue you will need to spend money to retain a lawyer as an expert to review the file and determine if there was some level or malpractice or merit to your factual claim. ... Read Answer

I dont know any lawyers that charge flat rate for peicemeal attending deposition at such a low rate so there may well be issues in communication here unless this was a ministerial depo of an hour or less. There shoudl be a written contract,letter or some documentation about the retention and that would be critical to the issue. ... Read Answer

You will have a difficult time getting any lawyer to take such a case on a contingent fee and the fees expended on a lawyer fighting over a fee dispute lawsuit with another lawyer may be counter-productive. That stated - since you are being sued - you will either have to hire a lawyer to handle that aspect at some expense, or magically become knowledgeable about handling litigation and trial matters, which typically is a severe disadvantage when a lawyer is on the other side.... Read Answer

This is no malpractice of any type. The doctor owes you no duty to protect you from an elderly person you have issues with. Your remedy would be to have the elderly person removed or evicted if she lived with you in your house. The other issue syou describe may be criminal and you would need to contact law enforcement for that.... Read Answer