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8 Jan 2024, 1:20 pm
If the driver and passengers are all injured but evidence shows that the plaintiff driver was partially at fault, there’s a conflict of interest between the driver and passengers and a single attorney can’t represent them all ethically – even with everyone’s consent. [read post]
22 Sep 2020, 4:00 am
In these circumstances, representing both would present a conflict of interest. [read post]
15 Sep 2010, 7:53 am
An attorney who had represented a driver and two passengers in an automobile accident matter was reprimanded by the New Jersey Disciplinary Review Board: Unquestionably, respondent engaged in a conflict of interest situation by representing all three clients, when their... [read post]
5 May 2010, 3:01 pm
The reason is because the attorney may have a conflict of interest if it is shown that his driver-client may have been at fault for the accident (either fully or partially), while the passenger obviously has no fault for the accident. [read post]
22 Sep 2019, 6:01 pm
Because of conflict of interest concerns, lawyers must be exceedingly cautious in taking on dual representation in these circumstances. [read post]
22 Jun 2009, 7:38 am
The web page of the Massachusetts Bar Counsel reports the following public reprimand for a classic conflict of interest in representing a driver and two injured passengers in a collision case: In the fall of 2005, the respondent was retained... [read post]
30 Oct 2012, 5:46 am
Defense counsel representing both the driver and passenger of a car had a conflict of interest because it was obvious they had conflicting defenses to the charge. [read post]
24 Mar 2015, 8:31 am
However, a lawyer may have a conflict of interest. [read post]
16 Feb 2010, 1:55 pm
The South Carolina Supreme Court imposed a definite suspension of one year in a matter involving improper real estate closings and a conflict of interest in representing a driver and passenger (who are cousins) in an automobile collision. [read post]
31 Aug 2023, 6:11 am
The church used the example of a car crash—an attorney can’t represent both an injured passenger plaintiff and the driver of the car she was injured in unless the driver isn’t at fault for the damage. [read post]
1 Aug 2011, 9:36 am
The Plaintiff was a passenger in the vehicle and was injured. [read post]
29 Oct 2020, 1:04 pm
The conflicts between drivers and bicyclists are not going away. [read post]
27 Jun 2010, 8:08 am
Attorneys are sometimes even restricted by law as to who they may represent if an improper conflict of interest exists. [read post]
5 Sep 2012, 10:48 am
Or the passenger and driver may be able to each sign a written waiver of the conflict of interest (I don’t like this for several reasons.) [read post]
25 Oct 2019, 2:12 am
Background On June 26, 2019, the Andean Justice Court issued a decision (here), holding that public transport companies, which air music from radio stations to passengers on public transportation, are engaged in an act of communication to the public, entitling the right holders, or those who represent their interests, to collect royalties. [read post]
13 Sep 2018, 9:47 am
Basically, there is often a conflict of interest between the insurance company and the policyholder, which requires the intervention of an experienced personal injury attorney to level the playing field. [read post]
18 Sep 2016, 9:00 am
We do not represent government, corporations or large business interests. [read post]
1 Jul 2009, 7:24 pm
So what does it mean to defend in "good faith", quite simply, it means that the insurance company has a duty to consider the insured's interests and if those interests conflict with the insurance company's interests, good faith obligates the insurance company to sacrifice its interests in favor of the insured's. [read post]
11 Aug 2010, 2:51 am
" "The court's records reflect that no additional motion on the issue of liability has been made; and thus, there is a meaningful risk that counsel for plaintiffs may be burdened with a conflict of interest, since the issue of liability of each driver is yet to be determined, and, in this proceeding, the passenger plaintiffs may have interests adverse to those of their driver. [read post]
13 Nov 2014, 3:26 pm
The study uncovered some interesting things. [read post]
