Legal Opinion
Blue Water Sunset, LLC v. Markowitz
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 2, 2011No. B216392PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ASHMANN-GERST, J.
Blue Water Sunset, LLC (Blue Water), filed a motion to disqualify Attorney Gary Kurtz (Kurtz) from a derivative action during which he briefly represented certain defendants as well as limited liability company plaintiffs1 at the same time. The trial court denied the motion and Blue Water appealed. Pursuant to Forrest v. Baeza (1997) 58 Cal.App.4th 65, 74—75 [67 Cal.Rptr.2d 857] (Forrest), Kurtz should have been disqualified from representing the limited liability company plaintiffs. In reversing in part and affirming in part, we announce a limited exception to the…
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