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Feb 4 – A Chicago attorney accused by a previous consumer of ignoring many deadlines to file place of work bias promises cannot shake a malpractice lawsuit that he, in turn, said was submitted as well late, a federal decide ruled on Friday.
Though noting that “irony is no barrier to a motion to dismiss,” U.S. District Choose Steven Seeger in Chicago turned down Charles Lee Mudd’s claim that the circumstance from him was untimely mainly because it was submitted much more than two a long time immediately after he allegedly skipped the window to bring a lawsuit on behalf of the shopper, Michael Koumjian.
The decide reported Koumjian, a former ExpressJet Airlines pilot, had two decades from the time he realized that he could no for a longer period sue the organization, somewhat than from when the deadline to sue experienced basically handed, to deliver malpractice promises from Mudd. Seeger stated it was not clear when that transpired and authorized the lawsuit to continue.
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John Duffy, a law firm for Mudd, said “we seem ahead to the real information remaining introduced somewhat than unsubstantiated allegations.”
Mudd heads a five-attorney company wherever he focuses on “Internet and place regulation and coverage,” according to the firm’s web-site.
Thomas Gooch, who signifies Koumjian, stated he was pleased with the choice.
Koumjian had accused ExpressJet of firing him for complaining about harassment primarily based on his ethnicity, according to court filings. But he claimed Mudd sat on his statements for much more than two decades, eventually lacking just about every opportunity to file a lawsuit on his behalf. ExpressJet did not quickly reply to a request for comment.
Koumjian is in search of at least $2 million in damages from Mudd.
The situation is Koumjian v. Mudd Legislation Places of work, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, No. 1:21-cv-03455.
For Koumjian: Thomas Gooch of The Gooch Business
For Mudd: John Duffy of Swanson Martin & Bell
(Editor’s Note: This posting has been current to incorporate a statement from John Duffy, Mudd’s lawyer.)
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