There are various ways in which lawyers can run into legal-related problems or issues of legal ethics including civil lawsuits, legal malpractice, and breach of fiduciary duty or lawyer criminality and its consequences for discipline.
Topics: legal malpractice, legal ethics, civil lawsuits, fiduciary duty, lawyer criminality, and discipline.
The Lusitania Disaster After 100 Years
The Lusitania Disaster, Alfred Hopkins, and Insurance Regulation, and the Mixed Claim Commission—Part XI.D Michael Sean Quinn In this part the case of Alfred Lloyd Hopkins (“Hopkins”) is revisited. Hopkins had ordinary life insurance; it did not include a war...
Mixed Claim Commission, Awards to American Nationals, and Charles Fowles
Charles Fowles and the Mixed Claims Commission Part XI.C Michael Sean Quinn* (*See Below for Further Information) For factual information on the Fowles, see Lusitania, Probate Law, the Who-Died-First Question--Part VIII.A and parts VB-G. For a bit about MCC...
The Mixed Claims Commission and Compensatory Damages Arising from His Wrongful Death
Vanderbilt and the Mixed Claims Commission Part XI.B Michael Sean Quinn* (*See Below for Further Information) As set forth in Part I.A, Alfred Vanderbilt was drowned in the Lusitania disaster and could not recover under his life insurance policy because of a war risk...
Lusitania, “Wrongful Death” Damages, and the Mixed Claims Commission
Lusitania Disaster and the Mixed Claims Commission Part XI.A Michael Sean Quinn (For Further Information, See Below)...
Lusitania Disaster Litigation — The Iowa Case
Lusitania Disaster: Iowa, Wales and the Bastard Daughter: “Domicile” v. “Residence” Michael Sean Quinn (Further Information Below) This case is a “Lusitania Disaster”-generated probate case, with a...
Lusitania–Fowles’ Will Case: The Tale of Three Quite Separate Judges
THE SINKING OF THE R.M.S. LUSITANIA AND INSURANCE, Part IV.A Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D., J.D., C.P.C.U. . . . The first reported case of litigation flowing out of the Lusitania catastrophe on May 7, 1915, a hundred year ago was a simple looking case in which coverage...
The Lusitania Disaster, The Hammer Case, The Question: Who Died First?
Lusitania Sinking: Life Insurance and Probate Litigation Combined—Part IX Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D., J.D. (See below for more) The purpose of this series of posts is to explore some of the litigation following the sinking of the Lusitania on May 7, 1915 by a German...
Lusitania Litigation: Charles’ Wife and Her Sister Struggle With His Daughters Over Millions
Lusitania Litigation and the Will of Frances Fowles – Part VIIIF Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D., J.D. (See below) Frances Fowles was the wife of Charles Fowles. They prepared wills on April 29±, 1915, couple of days before the Lusitania sailed, and executed them on...
Lusitania Litigation, Will of Fowles, Radical Changes in American Jurispurdence
Lusitania Litigation and Charles Fowles’s Will: The Intermediate Court of Appeals Review of Surrogate’s Court’s Decision—A Throwback? Part VIII.D Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D., J.D. (*See below for more) Charles Fowles (“Charles”) and his wife Frances perished together in...
Lusitania Disaster: Husband and Wife Killed in Same Sinking — Who Recovers? Part VIII.B
Lusitania Litigation, Probate Law, and “Lapse” Avoidance: the Dealing with the “Who Died First?” Question-- Part VIII.B Michael Sean Quinn (See below) By way of summary, Charles left a lot of money to Frances, a fair amount of money to each of his two daughters by a...
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