Comments on: 18-year legal malpractice suit

By: Deoxy

Deoxy — Wed, 17 May 2006 15:37:16 +0000

Well, THAT’s a relief – entirely and obviously frivolous lawsuits are only allowed to proceed for *18 years*. I was afraid they might be allowed to exist long enough to burden the victim, but clearly, I was wrong.

By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Wed, 17 May 2006 08:42:32 +0000

Right you are. Fixed now.

By: David Nieporent

David Nieporent — Wed, 17 May 2006 01:33:59 +0000

FYI, there's a typo in your post; her name is Scomello, not Scornello.

By: wavemaker

wavemaker — Tue, 16 May 2006 23:05:40 +0000

“Patsy Scomello initiated a divorce action against his wife Adeline in 1986. In the course of those proceedings and a series of appeals, Ms. Scomello hired five separate matrimonial attorneys, against all of whom she subsequently levied malpractice charges…”

Lest there be any doubt about what prompted the divorce in the first place.