A sex-abuse victim’s suit against his personal injury and trust and estate lawyers can proceed over the victim’s allegations that his attorneys negligently created a trust to hold proceeds from a settlement with his abuser.
The plaintiff, who Delaware Law Weekly will not name under a policy of not identifying sexual abuse victims, sued his lawyers at Jacobs & Crumplar and the Neuberger Firm after his family-member trustees misused funds in his trust. He alleged the lawyers, who helped him secure the settlement with his sexual abuser, negligently created the trust and negligently selected the trustees.
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