Does an attorney who is sued by his client's adversary for interfering with the attorney's zealous representation of his client have special injury?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Engel v. Cbs, Inc., 182 F.3d 124 (2nd Cir. 1999):
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.
Engel v. CBS, Inc., 145 F.3d 499, 505 (2d Cir. 1998).
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