Bolte v. Joy

In this legal malpractice case the client, Richard Bolte, appeals from a summary judgment dismissing his complaint against his attorney, John Kelley. Bolte sought damages for injury to his business and professional reputation, and mental distress and anguish, arising from the public dissemination of a jury verdict in an action in which Kelley represented him. The verdict denied him insurance recovery for the loss of a building in a fire which the jury found he had set. We conclude that the trial court correctly dismissed Bolte's complaint for reasons of public policy. We therefore affirm.

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