Legal Opinion
Wood v. Jamison
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 30, 2008No. B196898PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GILBERT, P. J.
An attorney represents an elderly client and does not disclose his conflict of interest and its consequences. As this case demonstrates, the attorney brings financial harm to his client, institutional harm to his profession, and catastrophic harm to himself.
Eddie B. Jamison, a licensed attorney, appeals a judgment for damages, attorney fees and costs based on legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty and financial abuse of an elder, entered after a court trial. We affirm.
FACTS
Donald and Merle Peterson had been married for 55 years. A few months prior to the incidents…
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