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What am I doing wrong

I signed a quit claim for a million dollar property because my lawyer said I had no other options, in exchange the plaintiffs would dismiss their lawsuit and I would never be bothered again. He purposely mislead me as he knew and agreed to a dismissal without prejudice, but acted as shocked as I, when a year later they filed a second lawsuit. It grew and grew out of neglect and it took several years and 75,000.00 to defend myself and property. I have a malpractice claim in progress and recently found out that it does not contain all the issues I was told it would. I need help and don't know where to turn, I have a status conference coming up and unless I have an attorney my case will probably get dismissed. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


Asked on 2/25/05, 3:11 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Joel Selik www.SelikLaw.com

Re: What am I doing wrong

Why do you not have an attorney on your current case for malpractice? If you do, what, exactly, is your question.

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Answered on 2/25/05, 7:45 am


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