Nichols v. Keller
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MARTIN, Acting P. J.
Introduction
Plaintiff appeals from summary judgments (Code Civ. Proc., § 437c) in a legal malpractice action arising from an industrial accident.
Facts
In December 1987, Zurn Industries employed the 46-year-old plaintiff at a cogeneration plant construction project in Crow’s Landing, Stanislaus County. Zurn was a subcontractor and Kiewit Industrial was the general contractor on the project. Plaintiff had been a union boilermaker for over 24 years. On December 7, plaintiff commenced work on the exterior of a large boiler. He was working on scaffolding approximately 50…
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