Morgan v. North Coast Cable Co.

Plaintiff-appellant Rick Morgan ("Morgan") appeals from the court's decision granting the motion filed by defendant-appellee North Coast Cable Company ("North Coast") seeking to disqualify Mr. Jack Schulman ("Schulman") as counsel for Morgan. Based on the reasoning below, we reverse and remand the trial court's ruling.

The record reveals that this case was filed on April 9, 1987. On May 23, 1988, following the withdrawal of plaintiffs counsel, Schulman entered his appearance as counsel for Morgan.1 Prior to that date, Schulman had represented the ELRA Group ("ELRA"), a San Francisco-based…