Legal Opinion
Expansion Pointe Properties Ltd. Partnership v. Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, LLP
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 15, 2007No. D048189PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McCONNELL, P. J.
In Ferguson v. Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein (2003) 30 Cal.4th 1037, 1046-1053 [135 Cal.Rptr.2d 46, 69 P.3d 965] CFerguson), the California Supreme Court held that as a matter of public policy lost punitive damages in an underlying action are not recoverable as compensatory damages in a legal malpractice action. Plaintiff Expansion Pointe Properties Limited Partnership (Pointe) appeals a summary judgment for defendants Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, LLP, and Steven Strauss (together Procopio), granted on the ground that under Ferguson Pointe has no…
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