Lawyer sues himself accidentally
This is ripe... From the
Madison Record (Illinois Legal Newspaper)
Alton attorney accidentally sues himself
Alton attorney Emert Wyss thought he could make money in a Madison County class action lawsuit, but he accidentally sued himself instead. Now he has four law firms after his money - and he hired all four.
Wyss’s boomerang litigation started in 2002, when he invited Carmelita McLaughlin to his office at 1600 Washington St. in Alton. Acting as her attorney when she bought a home in Alton and when she refinanced it, on both occasions she had chosen Centerre Title--a company that Wyss owned--to close her loans.
In the course of the attorney-client relationship, Wyss advised McLaughlin she might have a claim against Alliance Mortgage, holder of the first mortgage. Wyss believed Alliance Mortgage might have broken the law by charging a $60 fax fee when she refinanced.
The case is fairly long and twisted so excerpting it is not really an option. Go to the
web site to read a very strange legal entanglement...
Posted by DaveH at March 12, 2005 10:40 AM