Malewich v. Zacharias

In Malewich v. Zacharias, 196 N.J. Super. 372, 482 A.2d 951 (App.Div.1984), the Court held that an attorney could be held liable to a former adversary who had been compelled to make his client whole after a default judgment had been entered against the client. That default judgment was entered, however, when the attorney affirmatively misled the trial court about whether his adversary intended to appear to contest the divorce action scheduled for trial. Id. at 376, 482 A.2d 951.