Legal Opinion
Croucier v. Chavos
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 18, 2012No. G045323PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
IKOLA, J.
Plaintiffs (Jeff Croucier and David Moody) sued defendants (Anthony G. Chavos and Chavos & Rau, APC)1 for alleged legal malpractice committed in a prior lawsuit. The trial court sustained Chavos’s demurrer to the first amended complaint and dismissed the action against Chavos based on the applicable statute of limitations. (See Code Civ. Proc., § 340.6 (section 340.6).) We agree with the court’s ruling and affirm the judgment of dismissal.
FACTS
As is often the case in legal malpractice actions, the facts necessary to decide this appeal are convoluted. There are three pertinent…
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