After two other courts found an FBI affidavit of probable cause to search union leader John J. Dougherty's home was appropriately in the public domain, a Philadelphia judge has thrown out Dougherty's legal malpractice suit against Pepper Hamilton for using the affidavit in a separate defamation action.
August 01, 2014 at 12:05 AM
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After two other courts found an FBI affidavit of probable cause to search union leader John J. Dougherty’s home was appropriately in the public domain, a Philadelphia judge has thrown out Dougherty’s legal malpractice suit against Pepper Hamilton for using the affidavit in a separate defamation action.
In a one-paragraph order Wednesday, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Mark I. Bernstein granted Pepper Hamilton summary judgment in the suit Dougherty v. Pepper Hamilton.
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