Baltimore Attorney Sued For Negligence In Case Where Client Was Killed

The family of a Baltimore man is suing a local attorney who represented him, claiming negligence and legal malpractice because they say what he told another client ultimately caused the man's death.

Isiah Callaway is a smiling dad in photos taken with his infant son. Little Ryan Callaway, who is slightly bigger now, will only have those pictures to look at when he reaches back for a memory of his father. The 19-year-old was killed in a murder for hire in 2011. Baltimore-based attorney Steve Silverman says, “Now there's a 3-year old boy walking around who will never know his father, never remember his father and it's just tragic that this happened."

Silverman represents Callaway’s family in a civil lawsuit filed this week in Baltimore City Circuit Court. The suit was filed by Callaway’s mother, Constance, and also names Ryan as a plaintiff.

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