Cline v. Watkins

66 Cal.App.3d 174 (1977)

135 Cal. Rptr. 838

BENITA CLINE, Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

JAMES A. WATKINS, Defendant and Respondent.

Docket No. 49009.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

January 21, 1977.

COUNSEL

Archer Zamloch for Plaintiff and Appellant.

James A. Watkins, in pro. per., Charvet & Smith and Dennis David Smith for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

THOMPSON, J.

In the matter at bench, we are called upon to determine whether the substitution of new counsel who negligently fails to cure the results of negligence of prior counsel in representation of his client in…