Ex-NFL Player Sues Attorney for Mishandling 2007 Settlement

A retired St. Louis Ram linebacker who settled his Missouri workers' compensation case for $1,000 on the advice of counsel is now suing his attorney for malpractice because the move cost him a much larger settlement in California.Jamie Duncan, 36, like many other professional football players, claims to have suffered cumulative orthopedic injuries and closed head trauma over the course of his six-year career as a linebacker with the Rams, Atlanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He filed a workers' compensation claim against the Rams in California in 2009.The California claim was Dunc...