WILLIAM C. BUCHANAN VS. JEFFREY LEONARD, ESQ. AND MORGAN, MELHUISH, MONAGHAN, ARVIDSON, ABRUTYN & LISOWSKI, ESQS., A PARTNERSHIP A-2243-11T4

WILLIAM C. BUCHANAN VS. JEFFREY LEONARD, ESQ. AND
          MORGAN, MELHUISH, MONAGHAN, ARVIDSON, ABRUTYN &
          LISOWSKI, ESQS., A PARTNERSHIP
          A-2243-11T4

The litigation privilege does not preclude a client from asserting a legal malpractice claim against the attorney who represented him in a prior malpractice action where the attorney provided the client's insurance carrier a memo seeking settlement authorization, in which the attorney stated the client had committed a criminal act, thereby allegedly causing the carrier to withdraw coverage. 10-09-12