Legal Opinion
Wise v. DLA Piper CA4/1
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 8, 2013No. D062150, D062661UnpublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McDONALD, J.
Dennis Wise and Joan Macfarlane (together the Wises) were represented by the law firm, defendant DLA Piper LLP (US), 1 that aided them in obtaining a judgment in 1994 against William Cheng. However, DLA did not advise the Wises of the necessity to renew the judgment, and after 2004 the judgment became unenforceable. The Wises brought this action alleging malpractice and obtained a judgment against DLA. On appeal, DLA contends the evidence is insufficient to support the judgment against it because there was no evidence the Wises’ judgment against Cheng would have been…
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