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ANDREWS v. STEINBERG

122 Misc.2d 468 (1983)

Thomas A. Andrews et al., Plaintiffs, v. Laura Steinberg, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Special Term, New York County.

December 23, 1983

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Andrews, P. C. (Thomas A. Andrews and Mark Mangold of counsel), for plaintiffs. Kirschenbaum, Shapiro & Marro (Stephen Kirschenbaum and Marc I. Salis of counsel), for defendant.

MARTIN EVANS, J.

This defendant's motion seeks, inter alia, an order directing repleading of plaintiff's third cause of action. It poses an unusual question: Does tort law provide a right of action to an attorney for injury caused by a client's allegedly perjurious testimony in a prior proceeding?

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The individual plaintiff is an attorney in practice in Manhattan. He brings this...

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