Mayorga v. Tate
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
We hold that, just as the attorney-client privilege itself *12survives the death of the client for whose benefit the privilege exists (see e.g. Matter of Riconda, 90 NY2d 733, 740; Matter of Matheson, 283 NY 44; Matter of Cunnion, 201 NY 123; People v Modzelewski, 203 AD2d 594; Downey v Owen, 98 App Div 411, 419; People v Vespucci, 192 Misc 2d 685; Matter of Weinberg, 133 Misc 2d 950, mod sub nom. Matter of Beiny, 129 AD2d 126; Randy Inti. v Automatic Compactor Corp., 97 Misc 2d 977), the right to waive that privilege in the interest of the deceased client’s estate also…
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