No malpractice claim from late transcript 
Instructions allowed ‘inconsistent verdicts,’ high court says
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Published: September 17, 2010
Tags: Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn, Law Firms, Legal Malpractice, Supreme Court of Virginia News
McGuireWoods LLP cannot be held liable for legal malpractice because it failed to timely file the transcript in an appeal of an $8.3 million verdict against the Wintergreen ski resort, the Supreme Court of Virginia ruled Sept. 16.
The Supreme Court dismissed the original appeal in 2005 because of the failure to timely file the transcript. ...
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