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FRECHTMAN v. GUTTERMAN

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115 A.D.3d 102 (2014)

979 N.Y.S.2d 58

2014 NY Slip Op 437

A. BERNARD FRECHTMAN, ESQ., Appellant, v. ALLEN GUTTERMAN et al., Respondents.

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

Decided January 23, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane Kaplan , Briarcliff Manor, for appellant.

A. Bernard Frechtman, New York City, appellant pro se.

Brian H. Bluver , New York City, for respondents.

MAZZARELLI, J.P., ACOSTA, RICHTER and FEINMAN, JJ., COMM.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SAXE, J.

Where a client sends a letter to its attorney terminating the representation and complaining that the attorney's representation was inadequate or constituted misconduct or malpractice, may the attorney sue the client for defamation?

Plaintiff, A. Bernard Frechtman, a practicing attorney for more than 60 years, brought this action against his former clients for defamation, alleging that three letters signed by defendant...

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