I work for a major law firm, as a paralegal, representing a famous entertainer, Jane Lou. Her former boyfriend who has taken nude photos of her wants to publish them in a tabloid. Lou has retained your firm to represent her in a case to prevent the tabloid from publishing the photos. She brings copies of the photos to the firm. My attorney gives them to me and asks you to file them. As I glance through the photos prior to filing them away, you are called out of your office on an urgent matter. In your hurry, you leave the photos in an envelope on your desk intending to file them away later. When you come back to your office, the photos are gone. They appear in another tabloid the next day. Lou is now suing your firm, my attorney, and me for malpractice.

Focusing solely on a potential suit against the paralegal, do you think this would be successful? Why or why not?