Legal Opinion

Joseph D. Shein, P.C. v. Myers

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 23, 1990No. 1379PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Judge:

This appeal addresses whether the court sitting in equity correctly resolved a dispute over damages resulting when three attorneys left the practice with which they had been associated, Joseph D. Shein, P.C. (Shein). When leaving the Shein firm and establishing their own firm, Richard P. Myers, Alan I. Reich and Robert E. Paul (the breakaway attorneys) committed acts found by the court to be tortious interference with the contracts between the Shein firm and its clients. The court’s remedy included a court-supervised attorney re-selection process for the clients. However, the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Adler, Barish, Daniels, Levin & Creskoff v. EpsteinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  2. County of Allegheny v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  3. Richette v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  4. Lower Frederick Township v. ClemmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  5. JACKSON v. HendrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Noll by Noll v. Harrisburg Area YMCASupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  2. Triffin v. JanssenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  3. Judge Technical Services, Inc. v. ClancySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  4. Boyd & Mahoney v. Chevron U.S.A. & Cumberland Farms, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  5. Gabler v. FedorukCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2008

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