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A Murderer Wins #ThrowbackThursday

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Gather around as we tell you a tale of an attorney who got sued by a client in jail.

The client was an Alabama woman sentenced to life for killing her husband’s ex-wife. So how did the attorney come to suffer great strife?

Everyone loves a good scary story, and while this one doesn’t get too gruesome and gory, it’s sure to give some attorneys a great scare—a $2million malpractice claim is quite the nightmare.

It’s Throwback Thursday and almost Halloween so we thought we’d share this oldie but goodie (try not to scream).

About the Author

Jay Reeves

Jay Reeves practiced law in North Carolina and South Carolina. He was Legal Editor at Lawyers Weekly and Risk Manager at Lawyers Mutual. He is the author of The Most Powerful Attorney in the World, a collection of short stories from a law life well-lived, which as the seasons pass becomes less about law and liability and more about loss, love, longing, laughter and life's lasting luminescence.

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