Legal Opinion
Blanks v. Seyfarth Shaw LLP
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 20, 2009No. B183426, B186025PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ALDRICH, J.
I
INTRODUCTION
In this legal-malpractice-based lawsuit, plaintiff and respondent Billy Blanks (Blanks) won a multimillion-dollar judgment against his former attorneys, defendants and appellants William H. Lancaster (Lancaster) and Seyfarth Shaw LLP (Seyfarth Shaw), jointly Seyfarth.
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