Legal Industry News
June 8, 2009
Detroit Law Firm Faces $33 Million Malpractice Claim over Lacrosse Stick
Detroit-based Dickinson Wright was served on June 1, 2009 with a $33 million legal malpractice lawsuit regarding a lacrosse stick patent. The plaintiff is Warrior Sports Inc., a Michigan company that got a patent on its lacrosse stick design with a curved-head that makes it easier to scoop up the ball and shoot it.
Warrior alleges that two of Dickinson’s patent attorneys let Warrior’s patent lapse in 2004 after failing to pay a required maintenance fee on time. Warrior claims that competitors subsequently entered the market with similar sticks; it also claims that it had to reach an unfavorable settlement in…
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