Unarco Material Handling, Inc. v. Liberato

OPINION

FRANK G. CLEMENT, JR., J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court,

in which HERSCHEL P. FRANKS, P.J., and ANDY D. BENNETT, J„ joined.

The issue on appeal is whether an attorney, while acting in the course of representation of his client when litigation was not pending, has immunity from a claim that he induced the former president of the plaintiff to breach a confidentiality agreement by disclosing confidential information in violation of the agreement. It is undisputed that the attorney negotiated and/or drafted an agreement whereby his client would indemnify the plaintiffs former president…