Is there any case law in which a defendant has been found to have failed to exercise reasonable care, skill and diligence in representing plaintiff?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Jackson v. Johnson, 5 Cal.App.4th 1350, 7 Cal.Rptr.2d 482 (Cal. App. 1992):
"5. Defendants and each of them, failed to exercise reasonable care, skill and diligence in so representing plaintiff, and negligently lost the right to sue on November 22, 1986, on the three year time period for service in the matter of Jackson v. Airco."
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