FOWLER v. PARKS


248 A.D.2d 210 (1998)

669 N.Y.S.2d 820

George H. Fowler, Appellant, v. Gordon Parks et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

March 12, 1998


In this action seeking damages against a client for alleged fraudulent inducement to enter into an oral contingency retainer agreement, the IAS Court, in finding that the complaint failed to state a cause of action, properly held that public policy precluded a cause of action for fraud by an attorney against a client (see, Demov, Morris, Levin & Shein v Glantz, 53 N.Y.2d 553, 557; Liner Technology v Hayes,

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