Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Swenson
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided June 3, 1980No. 1 CA-CIV 4586PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’CONNOR, Judge.
The issues involved in this appeal are whether a cause of action may be maintained by a party to a lawsuit (1) against an attorney for the adverse party for negligently failing to instruct a witness to avoid disclosing prejudicial information to the jury in response to the attorney’s questions, and (2) against a witness for intentionally or recklessly disclosing prejudicial information to the jury in a non-responsive answer to an attorney’s question. We find that no such causes of action may be maintained under the circumstances of this case.
Helen Jans, now deceased,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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