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Article: Ruling on e-dockets highlights new duties for attorneys.
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- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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Lawyers must keep pace with courts in the electronic age or risk jeopardizing their clients' cases, the Sixth Circuit has ruled, refusing to reopen a Texas couple's appeal in a hip implant lawsuit.
The circuit court found that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the plaintiffs' motion to reopen their appeal of a discovery ruling. It placed the blame for a missed deadline on their attorney, who failed to register his e-mail address with the court or monitor the electronic docket. (Kuhn v. Sulzer Orthopedics, Inc., 2007 WL 2287742 (6th Cir. Aug. 10, 2007).)
Suzie Kuhn was a claimant in a class action settlement against Sulzer ...