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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawyers’ malpractice insurers doing business in Connecticut can breathe a sigh of relief — They do not have to pay claims against attorneys who spank their clients.

A federal judge has ruled spanking is not covered by lawyers’ malpractice insurance policies, even if it is done under the bizarre pretext of preparing a client to testify, the Connecticut Law Tribune reported on Monday.

That means if a lawyer gets sued in Connecticut federal court, his malpractice insurance company cannot be expected to pick up the tab for damages claimed by the buttocks-sore client.

“In what is certain to make the legal system the butt of more jokes, Connecticut can cross off spanking as an act covered under lawyers’ malpractice insurance policies,” the legal paper said.

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