Confidential Divorce Papers Must Be Disclosed in Related Malpractice Suit, Court Rules
A doctor who accused his former lawyer of botching his divorce cannot keep the papers submitted in the underlying proceedings confidential under state law, a New York appeals court has ruled. The court held that a law requiring that papers filed in a matrimonial action be designated as confidential “must, in this instance, give way to the disclosure of relevant evidence needed” to defend against
