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BAILEY v. TUCKER

533 Pa. 237 (1993)

621 A.2d 108

Clarence BAILEY, a/k/a Clarence W. Bailey and Charles E. Bailey, Appellants, v. Robert E. TUCKER, and Daniel M. Berger, Appellees. Gregory TRICE, Appellant, v. Robert B. MOZENTER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Reargued September 27, 1990.

Decided February 26, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. David Rothman, for appellants Clarence and Charles Bailey.

Andrew Jackson and Mark Feinman, for appellant George Trice.

Deborah D. Otszewski, David H. Trushel & Associates, for appellees Robert E. Tucker and Daniel M. Berger.

Ernest Tannelli, Jeffrey B. Albert, Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, for appellee Robert B. Mozenter.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.1

These consolidated appeals present this Court with an opportunity to examine whether counsel in a criminal case may be sued civilly for negligent stewardship. Initially, these cases came before us on the issue of whether the underlying actions were time barred. Although that issue will be addressed, it is overshadowed by a larger concern, to wit: the viability...

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