ATrORNEY LIABILITY FOR ASSISTING CLIENTS 5. Other common law actions against attorneys by non-cli... more ATrORNEY LIABILITY FOR ASSISTING CLIENTS 5. Other common law actions against attorneys by non-clients include fraud, intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, invasion of privacy and, in some cases, negligence. See 1 MALLEN & SMrrH, supra note 1, § 6.1, at 286-87. For the most part, however, these causes of actionare premised on the attorney's independentwrongs, rather than on the theory that the attorney assisted the client in committing the wrongful act or acts at issue. 6. Shaffer v. Stewart, 473 A.2d 1017, 1019 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1984) (citing Dietrich Indus., Inc. v. Abrams, 455 A.2d 119 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1982)); see also RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF TORTS § § 674-76 (1977) (discussing wrongful use of civil proceedings) [hereinafter RESTATE-MENT].
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