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The 16 page paper looks at the case of Campagnola V. Mulholland, Minion & Roe, its’ background and outcome and a variety of related subjects. After discussing the case the paper considers why the courts’ finding was right, discusses the role of public policy, looks at the role of judges how judges decide cases and implement, or even make, the law and finally why the case could have been heard under contract law or tort. The bibliography cites 14 sources.
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239 (1990) This is a case based on an allocation of malpractice by the plaintiff against the defendant which is a law practice
firm. The case results from the actions and inactions of the law firm and the way in which they achieved a settlement for their clients which prevented her from making
a claim on an insurance policy which was in place to cover her in the event of an underinsured driver. To understand this case it is important to understand what
happened before looking at what the court decided (Lexis, 2007). Kathleen Campagnola worked as a school crossing guard, employed by the Nassau County
police Department. In September 1984, while on duty as a crossing guard, she was hit by a car. The accident was serious and permanently disabled her, making her unable to
work. Following the accident Campagnola hired the law firm to take action against the car driver who had hit her in order to
gain remedy for the injuries she had sustained. As is common in many personal injuries cases the agreement with the law firm included the presence of the contingency fee; that
the firm would receive one third of any money recovered to compensate her for her injuries in any way "suit, settlement or otherwise" with the fee payable being based on
the net recovery level after deducting companies expenses and disbursements. Campagnola signed contract to this effect (Lexis, 2007). When taking action against the
car driver it turns out that the driver was underinsured. The maximum amount that would be paid out as a result of the drivers negligence was limited to $10,000 per
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