The question of whether lawyers can be sued for what they did during litigation—allegedly helping their client make an illegal sex video—sparked a 3½ hour debate Wednesday before Cobb County Superior Court Judge Robert Leonard II.
One side predicted allowing the suit would unleash “angry spiteful litigants” to sue the lawyers of their divorcing spouses and warring business partners, flooding the courts with lawsuits about lawsuits. The other side insisted that barring the suit would allow lawyers to “lie, cheat, steal, rape and kidnap” with immunity.
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