tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681108704390260122.post7222961670988116627..comments2023-05-21T09:23:06.735-07:00Comments on John Chiv: How actively is HCSO investigating the case of who sold Ryan's ashes back to his parents?John Chivhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14325700128778718091noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681108704390260122.post-22208633325765768062017-01-16T21:47:00.121-08:002017-01-16T21:47:00.121-08:00This situation raises some incredible legal questi...This situation raises some incredible legal questions.<br /><br />First, did the person who reportedly & allegedly contact the attorney to facilitate the $5,000 transaction know what the crime-fraud exception is/was for attorney-client privilege?<br /><br />http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/the-crime-fraud-exception-the-attorney-client-privilege.html<br /><br />Did the attorney tell her client about this? If not, does it open up an issue of malpractice?<br /><br />Next, the issue of filing a complaint with the state bar. Were the actions of the attorney ethical in a greater-good sense of helping the family recover their son's ashes? Reportedly giving the family the $500 her client paid her would appear mitigating but what about the argument that the person who supposedly paid $500 allegedly aided someone to get a return on investment of $4,500?<br /><br />There isn't enough information publicly made available (yet) to answer these questions but this is the kind of crazy scenario you would expect to see in a law school exam. It would make for an incredible national news story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com