“While the two injuries did not involve the same areas of a plaintiff’s body, the fact that both matters involved a physical injury suffered by plaintiff implicates potential confidences . . . “

ALBANY – Disagreeing over the meaning of the “substantially related” element in a conflict of interest case, a divided upstate appellate panel has found no need to disqualify defense counsel that had a lengthy prior relationship with a personal-injury plaintiff.

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