Peter Innes v. Madeline Marzano-Lesnevich, Esq. v. Mitchell A. Liebowitz, Esq.

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• recognizing viable cause of action against an attorney for failing to hold in trust child's passport in contested custody case
• holding \privity between an attorney and a non-client is not necessary for a duty to attach where the attorney had reason to foresee the specific harm which occurred.\
• “We hasten to add that most factual situations will not support [emotional distress damages], even when the underlying interests are non-pecuniary and personal in nature.”

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