A lawyer hired by a union to represent one of its members in an arbitration hearing cannot later be sued by the worker for malpractice because the federal Labor Management Relations Act effectively immunizes the lawyer from such a claim, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.The Legal Intelligencer has this report.
7/20/2004
3d Cir.: LMRA Shields Attorneys From Malpractice
