Court Opinion

ID: 9585081
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:55:47.330602+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:27:30.298289
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On Motion for Rehearing.
On motion for rehearing, plaintiff contends that defense counsel’s failure to fully disclose to the defendant counsel’s relationship with Travelers (see text at footnote 1) constitutes violation of several ethical standards, thereby resulting in the unlawful practice of law by a corporation. (Hence, on motion for rehearing, plaintiff impliedly concedes that if such disclosure were made, Travelers would not be engaged in the unlawful practice of law.)
The alleged violations of ethics raised in the motion for rehearing should be addressed to the State Disciplinary Board as they do not change the fact that defense of this personal injury suit is within the purview of the insurance company’s “own immediate affairs.”

Motion for rehearing denied.

All the Justices concur, except Clarke and Bell, JJ., who dissent.