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Edward S. Cheng quoted in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly on malpractice lawsuit against Springfield law firm

Edward S. Cheng, partner in the firm’s Litigation Department, was quoted in the October 10^th issue of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. The article, “New York lawyer loses legal-mal suit against Springfield firm,” discusses a New York lawyer’s lawsuit against a Springfield law firm and two attorneys for legal malpractice. The malpractice lawsuit filed by Derrick A. Spatorico alleged that two attorneys mishandled a Hampden Superior case where Spatorico says he was falsely accused of facilitating insiders in the attempted takeover of a Massachusetts close corporation.

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From the article:

The continuing representation doctrine wasn’t applicable to save Spatorico’s case from being time-barred, adds Edward S. Cheng, at professional liability attorney at Sherin & Lodgen in Boston.

“Reading this opinion, it reinforces that an attorney who is a plaintiff in a legal malpractice case has a higher obligation to meet the statute of limitations,” Cheng says. “That’s because an attorney-plaintiff invoking the continuing representation doctrine or the discovery rule is presumed to be acquainted with the law.”