Higa v. Mirikitani

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LEVINSON, J.

On January 1, 1964, the plaintiff-appellant sustained bodily injuries in an automobile accident allegedly caused by the negligence of Yoshiro Kuroki, the driver of the car in which the plaintiff was a passenger. Kuroki was killed in the collision, and within approximately one month thereafter, or in March 1964, as the defendant-appellee claims, the plaintiff secured the legal services of the defendant, an attorney licensed to practice law in this state, with the mutual understanding that the defendant would undertake the prosecution of the plaintiff’s claim…