DePape v. Trinity Health Systems, Inc.

Law firm Blumenfeld (defendant), retained by Trinity Health Systems (defendant) to manage physician dePape's (plaintiff) immigration process, learned dePape mistakenly believed his required medical-licensing exam would take two years but never informed him it could be completed in months, instead fraudulently preparing an unauthorized visa and instructing him to lie to immigration officials about his position; dePape, having quit his Canadian job and relocated in reliance, was denied entry at the border after revealing the visa's misrepresentations, and sued Blumenfeld and Trinity, though claims against Trinity were dismissed.