Honest communication between Connecticut lawyers and clients is very important. It is perhaps most important when discussing settlement. When discussing settlement with the opposing side, lawyers cannot keep their clients in the dark.
Cases of legal malpractice in Connecticut often arise out of a lawyer’s failure to keep clients informed of settlement offers from insurance companies in personal injury cases. Often, insurance companies have policy settlement limits that the lawyer is aware of, but the client is not. Seeking to make a quick buck, sometimes lawyers will not even file the law suit at all but will urge the client to settle for the policy settlement limit without informing the client that it is the settlement limit. Lawyers are under an ethical duty to keep their clients reasonably informed when asking them to make settlement decisions. If issues like these arise while your Connecticut attorney is representing you; we can help.
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