Wright v. Williams

Opinion

THOMPSON, J.

In this appeal from a judgment on respondent’s-defendant’s motion pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 631.8 entered in plaintiffs’-appellants’ action for legal malpractice, appellants contend that the trial court applied an overly restricted standard of duty owed by respondent to appellants. We conclude that appellants having failed to offer expert testimony defining the standard of duty owed by respondent in the performance by him of a highly specialized legal service or that respondent failed to perform as a reasonably prudent specialist in his field, appellants’…