Legal Opinion
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. v. La Conchita Ranch Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 18, 1998No. B121125PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GILBERT, J.
Where no conflict exists between an attorney’s clients in a lawsuit, opposing counsel may not create a conflict through a meritless cross-complaint.
This is an appeal from an order denying a motion to disqualify an opposing party’s counsel. The trial court did not abuse its- discretion in denying the motion. We affirm.
Facts
Residents of the Town of La Conchita must have felt like unwilling players in a disaster movie. Although the landslide in. 1995 did not envelop the town, it destroyed nine homes and impaired the value of the other homes. La Conchita property owners blamed…
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