There’s an old joke about lawyers and clients.
A man is flying in a hot-air balloon and realizes he’s lost. He spots a guy down below. He lowers the balloon and shouts, “Excuse me, can you help me? I promised my friend I would meet him half an hour ago, but I don’t know where…
In Continental Casualty Co. v. Law Offices of Melbourne Mills, Jr., PLLC, the Sixth Circuit has just ruled that a lawyer’s failure to disclose an ongoing state bar association investigation against him constituted a material representation justifying the rescission of his malpractice insurance.
The defendant was one of three attorneys who represented a class of Kentucky…