Allied Financial Services, Inc. v. John W. Easley

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• holding that under Colorado law attorney owes duty to adversaries not to engage in fraud or malicious conduct or to commit intentional torts
• “As a general rule, an attorney does not owe a legal duty to his client's adversary when acting on behalf of his client.”
• “[A]n attorney must be able to attempt to collect a judgment without fear of being held liable for negligent injury to the adverse party. Mr. Easley’s duty of care in this situation was to his client and to the legal system, not to Allied”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).