A prospective client’s correspondence with a law office secretary who failed to mention the matter to the attorney wasn’t enough to establish an attorney-client relationship for purposes of a legal malpractice suit, a New Jersey appeals court has decided.
The Appellate Division on March 18 determined that the record indicated Berlin solo Mark Rinaldi was “entirely unaware of plaintiff’s interest in retaining him,” and dispensed with a claim that he should be held vicariously liable for the secretary’s oversight.
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