Lawyer liable for coerced sex; jury awards ex-client $225,000 for malpractice despite competent representation

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A Rhode Island court has found attorney Edmond DiSandro and his firm DiSandro, Smith and Associates guilty of malpractice for forcing a client into a sexual relationship. A client DiSandro represented in a divorce suit charged him with forcing sex under threat of actively trying to deprive her of custody of her child. DiSandro was found guilty of fraud, battery and intentional infliction of mental distress in addition to malpractice. The firm was found liable under the theory of respondeat superior.

Sexual behavior, Attorneys, Lawyers, Malpractice

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Partnership ruling; court reverses sex bias finding

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Attorney Nancy Ezold was denied partnership at the Philadelphia firm of Wolf, Blcok, Schorr and Solis-Cohen in 1988 and has since about that time been occupied with a suit against the firm for sex discrimination in employment. In Dec 1992, a 3d Circuit court reversed a district court ruling in the case, holding that the men evaluated for partnership at the same time as Ezold all demonstrated superior legal analysis abilities. Ezold and her attorneys have vowed to fight on.

Human resource management, Law firms, Women attorneys, Women lawyers, Sex discrimination

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Palimony award for housework; woman claims her cooking, cleaning, food shopping unjustly enriched partner

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A Wisconsin appellate court has in Walsh v Ray used the unjust enrichment theory to award palimony to a woman who during their eight years of living together did all the housework and substantial home improvement work for her boyfriend. Observers say using the unjust enrichment theory in such a case is unusual and that these cases have normally been based on alleged contracts.

Unmarried couples, Unjust enrichment

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