Insurers of lawyers say they are seeing higher-severityclaims due in part to the rising costs of litigating complicatedsuits.

A survey conducted by insurance-brokerage and risk-managementconsultant Ames & Goughfinds frequency of Lawyers’ Professional Liability claims hasleveled off, but the number of large claims has risen.

The dynamic could sink a small or midsize law firm, says EileenGarczynski, a vice president at Ames & Gough.

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