Boston Legal Malpractice Lawyer - Colucci, Colucci & Marcus, P.C.
Notas del episodio
From Colucci, Colucci & Marcus, P.C. - Boston Legal Malpractice Lawyer explores what happens when an attorney’s mistake causes a client to lose money, a settlement, a case, or another valuable legal right. This episode discusses how legal malpractice claims work in Massachusetts, including attorney negligence, missed deadlines, conflicts of interest, settlement errors, inadequate investigation, and the difference between a disappointing legal outcome and conduct that falls below the professional standard of care.
Listeners will learn the four required elements of a Massachusetts legal malpractice claim: duty, breach, causation, and damages. The discussion also covers the three-year statute of limitations under G.L. c. 260, § 4, the discovery rule, and why timing can become a critical issue when pursuing a claim. The episode explains the “case within a case” standard recognized in Fishman v. Brooks, 396 Mass. 643 (1986), and why expert testimony is usually needed to prove that an attorney’s error caused a worse result in the underlying legal matter.
The episode also reviews the types of damages that may be available in a Boston legal malpractice case, including lost case value, out-of-pocket losses, legal fees, court costs, lost business opportunities, and interest. It explains when Chapter 93A and the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act may apply, how attorney discipline through the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers differs from a civil malpractice lawsuit, and why a BBO complaint cannot provide financial compensation to an injured client.
Featuring Colucci, Colucci & Marcus, P.C., and legal malpractice lawyer Dino M. Colucci, this episode also highlights the firm’s work throughout Boston, Greater Boston, Milton, Suffolk County Superior Court, Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham, Plymouth County, Middlesex County, and courts across Massachusetts. The conversation references Dino M. Colucci, Darin Colucci, and Matthew J. Marcus, along with the firm’s broader experience in complex civil litigation, personal injury, medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, product liability, business litigation, wrongful death, estate planning, elder law, disability law, and related legal matters.
Colucci, Colucci & Marcus, P.C.
424 Adams St #101, Milton, MA 02186
(617) 698-6000