Disqualification is not necessary just because a lawyer is a "necessary witness" in a case, if another lawyer is ready to take the reins when the case goes to trial, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled. The ruling means that Wausau Insurance's attorney can continue defending it in the bad faith lawsuit, even though the attorney and his law firm are alleged to have played key roles in the handling of plaintiff's insurance claim and are in possession of much of the evidence.
March 22, 2000 at 12:00 AM
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Disqualification is not necessary just because a lawyer is a “necessary witness” in a case if another lawyer is ready to take the reins when the case goes to trial, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled.
“An attorney may continue to represent a client in an action in which he will be called as a witness up to the actual trial in the case,” U.S. District Judge John R. Padova wrote in his five-page opinion in George v. Wausau Insurance Co.
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