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ROTHMAN v. FILLETTE

503 Pa. 259 (1983)

469 A.2d 543

Philip ROTHMAN v. Gloria FILLETTE and Ronald Fillette, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 29, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan H. Ross, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Edgar R. Einhorn, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Earl Britt, Philadelphia, for amicus, State Farm.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Justice.

We are here called upon to resolve the difficult problem of who must bear the burden of loss between innocent parties where the attorney for one of the parties has acted beyond the scope of his authority and has misappropriated funds. This appeal reflects the wake of hardship that follows from an attorney's failure to meet the standard of trust required of his office. Mindful of the adage that...

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