PHILADELPHIA - An attorney who represented Avco in aircraft crash legislation is now suing the company and others, including the firm Blank Rome, for pursuing an injunction she says would have ruined her career.
Veronica Turner and Kevin Turner initiated a lawsuit Feb. 19 against AVCO Corporation, Textron Inc., Blank Rome LLP, James T. Smith Esquire, Rebecca Ward Esquire, and Heidi G. Crikelair Esquire. The case was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
The plaintiffs accuse the defendants of wrongfully accusing Ms. Turner of ethical breaches and other improper conduct. They claim that the defendants falsely asserted that Ms. Turner had used information allegedly gleaned in her representation of Avco Corporation in representing plaintiffs against it.
The defendants are accused of initiating and continuing a meritless action against Ms. Turner with the intent to destroy her career and subject her to unnecessary discovery and fact-finding processes intended to cause significant expense, embarrassment, and humiliation.
The plaintiffs further allege that the defendants sought an injunction based solely on a single assignment carried out by Ms. Turner on a case in which Avco Corporation was not even a party.
They claim that this was part of an attempt to financially ruin Ms. Turner and destroy her reputation.
The turners are represented by Wayne Ely of Richboro.