Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Haste v. American Home Products Corp.
58 L. Ed. 2d 346
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1978-11-06
- Topic
- general
concluding that Model Rules protect information imparted by a prospective client even if the representation is declined | manufacturer satisfied duty by warning prescribing veterinarian of health risks to animats vaccinated by their owners with its prescription vaccine | attorney-client relationship does not arise only in agency manner, but also where layperson submits confidential information to lawyer with reasonable belief that latter is former’s attorney | “fiduciary relationship existing between lawyer and client extends to preliminary consultation by a prospective client with a view to retention of the lawyer, although actual employment does not result”
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C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.