CdA Shooting Victim Sues Lawyer

Moses Lake man who was shot by a Coeur d’Alene businessman nearly two years ago in what a grand jury ruled was self defense is suing his civil attorney for malpractice. Brandon R. Burgess alleges Spokane lawyer Lloyd Herman directed him to speak with a bankruptcy attorney to determine whether they needed to file a claim in bankruptcy court after Adam M. Johnson filed for bankruptcy. Burgess said his father responded that the procedure would not discharge their claim, and Herman responded by not filing an adversarial proceeding against Johnson. Herman says that’s not true - he always told Burgess he needed to file a claim in bankruptcy court, but he took the wrong advice. Meghann Cuniff’s Sirens & Gavels story here. (Kathy Plonka’s SR file photo of Adam Johnson taken in early December 2009)

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