· 3/10/2016
Villafane v. Industrial Construction Management, Ltd.
Citations
- 137 A.D.3d 526
- 25 N.Y.S.3d 886
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that attorneys are entitled to immunity under Texas law from suit by non-clients, unless the attorney's conduct \d[oes] not involve the provision of legal services\ or is \entirely foreign to the duties of any attorney\
- “In Shanks we concluded that the litigation privilege provided true immunity under Texas law and, thus, orders denying that immunity were appealable.”
- dismissing the case based on attorney immunity with prejudice
- describing role of discovery in litigation privilege suits
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Judges: Tom, Andrias, Saxe, Kapnick
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