D.C. Circuit Finds No Proximate Cause in Patent Attorney Malpractice Case
“No reasonable jury could find that the loss of Seed’s Count I claim against Kratz was a foreseeable result of [Armstrong’s] advice because Armstrong had no reason to believe that, by advising Seed about pursuing a malpractice claim against Westerman, Seed would rely on that advice in deciding when to bring a malpractice claim against Kratz.’” On June 12, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) affirmed a decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Seed Co. Ltd. v. Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP in a legal malpractice case resulting from...
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