While this attorney liability column often touches on ethical concerns, I intend to do so only in relation to civil liability. For example, this column previously addressed Maritrans GP v. Pepper Hamilton & Scheetz, 529 Pa. 241, 602 A.2d 1277, 1283 (Pa.1992), which stands for the proposition that an attorney's violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct does not give rise to a per se civil cause of action but instead allows the RPC to set a legal standard upon which its claimed deviation's causation may inform civil liability. This month's article will be no different. It is not intended to give ethical advice (for that, you should turn to Samuel Stretton's weekly Ethics Forum).
As we all know, the deep southern bubbie of tasty yet fattening fried and cheesy food, Paula Deen, was sued and disgraced and then that lawsuit was dismissed over the last year. Essentially, a white employee of Deen claimed she effectively created a hostile working environment for African-Americans as epitomized by her southern plantation party intended with pre-Civil War affect, including her guests allegedly being tended to exclusively by African-American mock slaves.
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