Legal Opinion
Beck v. Wecht
California Supreme Court
Decided June 27, 2002No. S099665PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BROWN, J.
The question presented by this case is whether one cocounsel may sue another for breach of fiduciary duty on the theory that the latter’s malpractice in handling their mutual client’s case reduced or eliminated the fees the former expected to realize from the case. There is a split of authority on this question. Pollack v. Lytle (1981) 120 Cal.App.3d 931 [175 Cal.Rptr. 81] (Pollack) recognized such a fiduciary duty, but Joseph A. Saunders, P.C. v. Weissburg & Aronson (1999) 74 Cal.App.4th 869 [87 Cal.Rptr.2d 405] (Saunders) rejected it as potentially inconsistent with…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Pollack v. LytleCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1981
- Mason v. Levy & Van BourgCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1978
- Saunders v. Weissburg & AronsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1999
3Cited by19 opinions
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