Legal Opinion
DeCastro West Chodorow & Burns, Inc. v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 16, 1996No. B100507PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LILLIE, P. J.
Petitioners, who are defendants in an action for legal malpractice, seek a writ of mandate to compel the superior court to vacate its March 11, 1996, order denying summary adjudication on the issue of plaintiffs’ entitlement to “lost opportunity” damages, and to compel the superior court to grant their motion for summary adjudication of that issue. The primary issue presented on this proceeding is whether Code of Civil Procedure section 437c, subdivision (f)(1), permits summary adjudication with respect to only one of two or more components of compensatory damages claimed…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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