Court Opinion

ID: 9735964
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 18:37:57.619053+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:41:52.469992
License: Public Domain

LARSEN, Justice,
dissenting.
The majority has just declared a “LAWYER’S HOLIDAY.” ... It’s Christmastime for Pennsylvania lawyers. *555If a doctor is negligent in saving a human life, the doctor pays. If a priest is negligent in saving the spirit of a human, the priest pays. But if a lawyer is negligent in advising his client as to a settlement, the client pays---Thus, “filthy lucre” has a higher priority than human life and/or spirit. The majority calls this “Public Policy.” Maybe ... Maybe not?? It sure expedites injustice. Should we change the law so that non-lawyers can be judges?
I dissent.
ZAPPALA, J., joins in this dissenting opinion.