RE: Boston Globe (Finally) Weighs In On CCU Liability

[Aaron Read <aread@speakeasy.net>]

At 02:36 PM 3/10/2003 -0500, Brian Vita wrote:
>I wonder how these same lawyers would feel if a precedent was made holding
>lawyers liable for the actions of their clients.
>
>Brian T. Vita, President

I believe, although can't give any specifics off the top of my head, that 
several attempts have been made over the years to do exactly what you 
describe.  In each case they were shot down as such a precedent would 
directly interfere with a defendant's (or for that matter, a plantiff's) 
right to legal representation....since in that case (for example) an 
obviously guilty client would have a REAL hard time getting a lawyer crazy 
enough to defend him/her.   Or the "Erin Brockovich" case never would have 
happened either.


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