Legal Opinion
Schulman v. Anderson Russell Kill & Olick, P. C.
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 13, 1982PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rena K. Uviller, J.
Defendant’s motion for summary judgment presents the compelling conflict between a law firm’s obligation to pursue its clients’ interests vigorously, and the restraints imposed upon adversarial zeal by the canons of ethics and the laws of defamation, abuse of process and tortious interference with an adversary’s business. At what point does adversarial vigor exceed the proper bounds of litigation?
The plaintiff in this action is an accountant (hereafter Schulman). He is suing a law firm (hereafter the Firm), one of the Firm’s paralegal employees…
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