Boston Stanton, Law Offices of Boston Stanton, James S. Covino, James Covino Law Office, and James S. Covino, P.c…

Summary

The court held that the federal trial court's finding that the omitted witness would not have produced an acquittal did not preclude relitigation of causation in the plaintiff's legal-malpractice action. Because the federal appellate court affirmed only on the independent due-diligence ground and expressly declined to address causation, the causation issue was not necessarily adjudicated. The court affirmed the appellate judgment on different grounds and remanded for further proceedings.