Aerojet-General Corp. v. Transport Indemnity Insurance
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HANING, J.
The law firm of Lasky, Haas, Cohler & Munter (appellant) appeals from an order imposing monetary sanctions against it in connection with its representation of Aerojet-General Corporation and Cordova Chemical Company (collectively, Aerojet or plaintiffs) in the underlying action. The sanction order is based on the conduct of Scott DeVries, an attorney who at all times relevant to this action was a member of appellant law firm. DeVries was an innocent recipient of privileged documents prepared by counsel representing several of the defendants. The sanction order was based on…
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