Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. Bourlon

I concur with the majority’s opinion that: (1) the trial court did not err by ruling Patterson breached his attorney-client relationship with defendant by providing plaintiff with the entire file from the underlying action; and (2) the trial court’s decision to deny plaintiff’s motion for sanctions should be affirmed.

Under the facts and posture of the appeal before us, I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion’s holding that: (1) an attorney-client relationship existed between plaintiff and Patterson; (2) the attorney-client relationship between defendant and Patterson is inapplicable…