Legal Opinion

Angino v. Confederation Life Insurance

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County

Decided March 28, 1997No. 4563 S 1994PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

KLEINFELTER, J.,

Before the court-is the motion of defendants L. David Spealler and Asset Management Group to disqualify plaintiff Richard C. Angino as counsel. The motion raises a novel question of law: To what extent does Rule 3.7 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct, providing that a lawyer shall not act as advocate at a trial in which the lawyer is likely to be a necessary witness, conflict with the generally recognized constitutional right of a party to self-representation?

In this case, plaintiffs, Richard C. and Alice K. Angino, filed a complaint alleging various causes of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

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International Electronics Corp. v. FlanzerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
John T. O'reilly, and Contemporary Mission, Inc. v. The New York Times CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982

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3Cited by1 opinion

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