> I wonder if it could ever be considered fraud to accept payment for a case you know to be unwinnable, seeing as how the client would have to be operating unde

> I wonder if it could ever be considered fraud to accept payment for a case you know to be unwinnable, seeing as how the client would have to be operating under the assumption that the case is winnable. If the lawyers gave him legal advice that was obviously bad or false, there could be a malpractice case. Most likely they did tell him (though probably not very forcefully), and he proceeded anyway against the advice of counsel. Happens all the time.