New Filings
Legal Malpractice:
BlandRichter was associated to act as co-counsel in a legal malpractice claim asserted against one of the world’s largest law firms in the matter of JPS Elastomerics Corporation and JPS Industries, Inc. vs. Jones Day; United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Greenville Division, 6:11-cv-02960-TMC, now pending in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Greenville Division. The Plaintiff, a publicly traded company and former client of Jones Day, alleges that it received erroneous advice regarding the purchase of a line of commercial equipment during the pendency of litigation in which the use of the equipment was alleged to violate a competitor’s protected trade secret information.
Legal Malpractice:
BlandRichter filed a legal malpractice claim against a large South Carolina based law firm in which the Plaintiff alleges, among other things, that the firm failed to file a timely appeal of certain rulings which ultimately prejudiced the client’s ability to prosecute a separate action for the payment of professional fees to which he was entitled. Peter A. T. Sartin vs. McNair Law Firm, P.A., in the United States District Court, for the District of South Carolina, Columbia Division, 3:12-cv-00895-MBS.
Legal Malpractice:
BlandRichter was admitted pro hac vice in North Carolina as co-counsel in the prosecution of a legal malpractice claim in which the Plaintiff alleges that following the death of her husband, she was not advised of her right to insist on a buy-out of her late husband’s interest in a limited liability company, but was instead advised to personally guarantee $4.6 Million of debt on behalf of the company. Anna J. Proctor, The John S. Proctor Trust, and AJP Investments, LLC, in the North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, General Court of Justice Superior Court Division Case No. 12-CVS-5935.
Legal Malpractice:
William Bryan Stevens vs. Hovde, Dassow and Deets, LLC, United States District Court, South Carolina, Florence Division, 4:12-cv-00061-RBH: Plaintiff alleges that he was harmed by the drug Raptiva and thereafter responded to advertising from the Defendant law firm who undertook to represent the Plaintiff in his claims against the drug manufacturer. Plaintiff further contends that he was summarily discharged as a client after the Defendant firm permitted his statute of limitations to expire.
Legal Malpractice:
J.H. Ferguson Real Properties, Inc. vs. Arthur W. Rich, P.C., Aiken County, South Carolina, 2012: Plaintiff alleges that in its acquisition of a $1.5M commercial property, the Defendant law firm failed to investigate the outstanding property taxes which were then due, as a result of which the Plaintiff was later forced to spend over $100,000.00 to pay taxes and cure deficiencies which were otherwise the responsibility of the seller.
Legal Malpractice:
W.R. Dixon v. McNair Law Firm, P.A., Case #: 9:11-cv-2338. Filed: September 1, 2011, United States District Court, South Carolina District, Beaufort Division. Firm represents the Plaintiff who alleges that he retained the Defendant law firm to prepare a mortgage which would securitize over $20M which he had advanced toward the development of a coastal resort, but that the Defendant erred in part by preparing a mortgage which omitted certain resort properties that were otherwise unencumbered and worth many millions of dollars. As a result, the Plaintiff alleges that he ultimately lost the ability to recover his advances from the properties that should have been subject to his mortgage.
Commercial Litigation:
Palmetto Paper & Specialties, Inc., d/b/a Palmetto Bingo Systems v. Gametech International, Inc., Case #: 3:11-960-CMC. Filed: April 21, 2011, United States District Court, South Carolina District, Columbia Division. Firm represents Plaintiff in a dispute arising out of a contractual distributorship agreement for bingo gaming systems in South Carolina. Plaintiff alleges that breaches of the agreement by the Defendant have rendered the agreement null and void and have released the Plaintiff from any covenants not to compete.
