Legal Opinion
Wilkinson v. Zelen
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 25, 2008No. B200074PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KRIEGLER, J.
Wiley v. County of San Diego (1998) 19 Cal.4th 532 [79 Cal.Rptr.2d 672, 966 P.2d 983] (Wiley) held that factual innocence is an *40element of a legal malpractice action stemming from representation in an underlying criminal trial. Later, Coscia v. McKenna & Cuneo (2001) 25 Cal.4th 1194 [108 Cal.Rptr.2d 471, 25 P.3d 670] (Coscia) held that the legal malpractice plaintiff must obtain postconviction exoneration in the underlying case in order to establish the element of factual innocence required by Wiley. Addressing an issue left open in Sangha v. LaBarbera (2006) 146…
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