Keuffer v. O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc.

Luke Keuffer (plaintiff) was wounded when his wife's rifle, manufactured by Mossberg (defendant), accidentally discharged; before retaining other counsel and suing Mossberg, Luke discussed the case with attorney Weamer of the Tarlow firm, which declined the case. Tarlow was later retained as Mossberg's local counsel, discovered the prior conversation during a conflict check, disclosed it to Mossberg's national counsel Renzulli, and Renzulli then aggressively used it during Stephanie's deposition to question her about firms that had rejected the case; the district court disqualified both Tarlow and Renzulli, and Mossberg appealed.