Debra Blum v. CIR
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June 02, 2022
9th Circ. Won't Rehear Malpractice Settlement Taxability
The Ninth Circuit won't reconsider its decision that a Washington woman will have to pay $27,000 in taxes because a settlement she received from attorneys who represented her in an unsuccessful personal injury suit is taxable.
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May 09, 2022
9th Circ. Urged To Rehear Malpractice Settlement Taxability
The Ninth Circuit should reconsider its decision that a woman's settlement from her former attorneys is taxable because the settlement related to physical injuries even if the lawyers didn't cause them, she said.
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March 23, 2022
9th Circ. Says Woman's Legal Malpractice Settlement Taxable
A Washington woman will have to pay $27,000 in taxes after the Ninth Circuit found that a settlement she received from attorneys who represented her in an unsuccessful personal injury suit is taxable.
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October 08, 2021
Woman's Legal Malpractice Settlement Taxable, 9th Circ. Told
A Washington woman can't escape tax on a $125,000 settlement she received from attorneys who represented her in an unsuccessful personal injury suit because legal malpractice claims can't be excluded from gross income, the U.S. told the Ninth Circuit.
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August 24, 2021
Legal Malpractice Settlement Not Taxable, 9th Circ. Told
A Washington woman doesn't owe tax on a $125,000 settlement from attorneys who represented her in an unsuccessful injury lawsuit because the funds wouldn't have been taxed had she won the suit, she told the Ninth Circuit.