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Attorneys botched a case against Amtrak over the deaths of two young boys, lawsuit says

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The mothers of two boys killed by an Amtrak train in 2023 have filed a legal malpractice lawsuit against their former attorneys, Emeka Igwe and Daniel Purtell.

The mothers of Jahaad Atkinson, 9, and Ah’Yir Womack, 12, who were killed by an Amtrak train in 2023, sued lawyers Emeka Igwe and Daniel Purtell, as well as their firms, for legal malpractice.

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