Legal Opinion
Nielsen v. Beck
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 7, 2008No. B195402PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ALDRICH, J.—
I
INTRODUCTION
Summary judgment was entered in favor of defendants and respondents Paul A. Beck and the law firm of Ben-Zvi & Beck, LLP (collectively, Beck), and against plaintiffs and appellants Robert Nielsen and William Nielsen (collectively, the Nielsens).
The issue we address in this legal malpractice case is whether there are triable issues of fact with regard to the statute of limitations. The resolution of this issue centers upon subdivision (a)(2) of Code of Civil Procedure section 340.6 that tolls the statute if an attorney “continues to represent the plaintiff…
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