Andrew Lavoott Bluestone, a solo practitioner in New York City, writes that one of the many wrinkles in legal malpractice, which in some ways is a body of law unto itself, is the defense of collectibility. Simply put, it is the defense that even if successful, plaintiff might not have been able to collect a hypothetical judgment from the defendant. In no other field of law is plaintiff required to prove that collection can be had at the end of litigation.
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The Defense of 'Collectibility' in Legal Malpractice
New York Law Journal
April 20, 2007
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