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Who says lawyers will not sue lawyers for malpractice? Certainly not the insurance companies who defend personal injury lawsuits. Apparently, when the defense attorney screws up badly enough the insurance companies are hiring greedy trial lawyers to bring legal malpractice cases.

From Lawyers Weekly USA:

P.I. Defense Lawyers Face Rise In Malpractice Claims

In a dramatic change over the past decade, many states now allow insurance companies to sue the lawyers they hire to protect them from payouts in personal injury suits.

And increasingly, insurers unhappy with the legal work done by defense lawyers are suing their own outside counsels for malpractice.

According to an ABA study released last summer, malpractice claims against personal injury defense lawyers increased 6 percent from 1999 to 2003 - the largest increase in any practice area. Nearly 10 percent of all malpractice claims in 2003 were filed against personal injury defense lawyers

Personal injury-defense now ranks third in malpractice claims, behind top-ranked personal injury-plaintiff and real estate. Family law and trusts and estates rank fourth and fifth, respectively.

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