MARBOAH v. ACKERMAN

Nos. 03-CV-1378, 03-CV-1413, and 03-CV-1414.

877 A.2d 1052 (2005)

John B. MARBOAH a/k/a Charles A. Boateng, Appellant, v. Alan J. ACKERMAN, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 30, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin J. Trichilo, Fairfax, VA and Saundra Jack, for appellant.

John Tremain May, Washington, DC, for appellee Alan J. Ackerman.

Shirlie Norris Lake, Washington, DC, for appellee Stien, Braunstein & Associates, P.C.

Before SCHWELB and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges, and DUNCAN-PETERS, Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia.


SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

This legal malpractice case is based on a claim by plaintiff John Brobbey Marboah that defendants Alan J. Ackerman, Esq., and Ackerman's now-dissolved law firm, Stien, Braunstein & Associates, P.C. (SBA), negligently permitted the statute of limitations to expire without filing a workers' compensation claim on Marboah's behalf with the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. Marboah appeals from an order of the trial court awarding...

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