RICHETTE v. PENNSYLVANIA R.R.


410 Pa. 6 (1963)

Richette, Appellant, v. Pennsylvania Railroad, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 21, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Beasley, Sheldon L. Albert, with them Beasley & Ornsteen, for plaintiff.

Joseph Neff Ewing, Jr., with him Leonard D. Slutz, Ivar H. Peterson, and Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul, for defendant union.

Robert M. Landis, with him Dechert, Price & Rhoads, for defendant railroad.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN and O'BRIEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, January 21, 1963:

The relationship between a lawyer and his client is a serious, vital and solemn one. No third person may interfere with that relationship any more than he may with propriety intervene between a doctor and his patient. A claimant or patient may, of course, disengage himself from a professional relationship provided he has met all obligations owing to his legal or medical counsellor...

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