Legal Opinion
Engel v. CBS, INC.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 6, 1999PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ciparick, J.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit certified the following question to this Court for resolution:
“Whether an attorney, sued by his client’s adversary for the purpose of interfering with the attorney’s zealous representation of his client, and whose representation is actually undermined by the suit, may satisfy the required element of special injury in an action for malicious prosecution of a civil lawsuit under New York law where no provisional remedy is had against him.”
Plaintiif, Donald Engel, an attorney who was sued by his client’s…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Curiano v. SuozziNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Liriano v. Hobart Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1998
- Williams v. WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- Friedman v. DozorcMichigan Supreme Court · 1981
- Burt v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
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