Barbary Coast Furniture Co. v. Sjolie

Opinion

ROUSE, J.

Plaintiffs Barbary Coast Furniture Company, Inc. (Barbary Coast) and Stuart and Carolyn Kadas appeal from a summary judgment in favor of defendant Daniel Cowans and two law firms of which he was a member.

A. The Complaint

Plaintiffs ’ first amended complaint contained the following allegations pertinent to this appeal: The first count alleged that on February 2, 1978, Barbary Coast 3 filed a chapter XI bankruptcy petition and that defendant Cowans acted as Barbary Coast’s attorney in that proceeding. At the time of the commencement of the bankruptcy proceeding, Robert Sjolie was…