What is the test for a plaintiff to sue counsel in a personal injury case?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Whitman v. United States, No. 15-2686-pr (2nd Cir. 2018):

counsel] if he shows that counsel omitted significant and obvious issues while pursuing issues that were clearly and significantly weaker," Lynch v. Dolce, 789 F.3d 303, 311 (2d Cir. 2015) (internal quotation marks omitted).

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