Legal Opinion
Baltins v. James
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 19, 1995No. A066333PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CHIN, P. J.
This appeal raises the issue of when “actual injury” occurs for purposes of the four-year limitations period for legal malpractice actions. (Code Civ. Proc., § 340.6, subd. (a)(1).) Appellants Aldis and Nancy Baltins sued their former attorney, respondent Duncan M. James, in August 1990. They asserted James negligently advised them in 1984 about transferring property while Aldis appealed an order setting aside his property settlement with his former wife, Deanna. That appeal was the subject of In re Marriage of Baltins (1989) 212 Cal.App.3d 66 [260 Cal.Rptr. 403], which…
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