Business casesBusiness Case" Professional’s Liability.Soon after Teresa DeYoung’s husband died, her mother-in-law also died, leaving an inheri-tance of more than $400,000 for DeYoung’s children....

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Yes, DeYoung has the right to sue Ruggurio since he disregarded the rules of conduct for lawyers. An attorney w
ho commits a criminal act that "reflects negatively on the lawyer's integrity, reliability, or competence like a lawyer in all other respects" is considered to have engaged in professional misconduct under rule 8.4-Misconduct. "Conduct including dishonesty, deception, deceit or misrepresentation" was prohibited for attorneys. In the DeYoung and Ruggerio case, Ruggerio lied to DeYoung while acting as her attorney in order to take her children's inheritance money. Despite DeYoung's refusal to invest into his company, Ruggerio made a $300,000 inheritance deposit to his account & started using the money for his real estate venture. Ruggerio mislead his client by saying that access to the money was impossible. Ruggerio broke the Code of Professional Conduct as a result. For her client, he "engaged in action that involved dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation." By diverting from clients and afterwards covering up the theft for a while, he breached his duties. The Supreme Court decided that DeYoung should receive compensation...
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