A doctor who sues a law firm for "wrongful use of civil proceedings" -- for allegedly filing a baseless medical malpractice case -- is not required to turn over communications he had with his attorneys about their views on the malpractice suit's merits, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled. The judge found that, in a suit under the state's Dragonetti Act, the doctor's opinion about the merits of the underlying suit against him -- as well as the views of his defense lawyers -- are simply irrelevant.
August 26, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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