Bill, a retired lawyer, was sued by a couple who alleged legal malpractice, executor breach of duty, and contract breach.

Plaintiff’s wife, a CPA, worked on an estate matter with Bill, the executor.

Plaintiff successfully bid on the most valuable estate asset, a home. Plaintiff’s wife knew the house was in a flood zone, based on a claim for tax relief she prepared for the elderly owners. Nevertheless, 5 years post-closing, after another flood knocked into the house, plaintiff sued Bill as a lawyer, an executor, and a party to the contract of sale.

We aggressively defended Bill’s case for over 2 years.

The trial judge threw out the legal malpractice claim, but denied Bill’s motion to get rid of the rest of the case.

After six days of trial, at which Bill showed the plaintiff and his wife lied to the court about their previous knowledge of flooding, a Middlesex County Judge, sitting without a jury, found that Bill had done no wrong.