Duty to communicate settlement offer

A couple of days ago I mentioned in class the possibility that a client could sue an attorney arguing negligence in handling a settlement offer. Right on cue, today's news in the Wall Street Journal Law Blog include this item: "Susan Stanford is suing her former divorce lawyer for $200 million, alleging that the lawyer, Nancy Rommelmann, failed to tell her of a verbal offer to settle her divorce for $200 million last year. Click here for the story, from Bloomberg. Stanford filed a complaint (link not available) on Thursday in Houston state court."