The Anniversary of Petrillo v. Bachenberg (Liability of Attorneys to Non-Clients)

On this date in 1995, the Supreme Court decided Petrillo v. Bachenberg, 139 N.J. 472 (1995).  In the first sentence of his majority opinion, Justice Pollock framed the issue as “whether under the circumstances of this case the attorney for the seller of real estate owes a duty to a potential buyer.”  By a 5-1 […]

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