Legal Opinion
Molinari v. Lyle
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 13, 1989No. A036385PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERSON, J.
This is an appeal from an order of the probate court awarding attorney fees for extraordinary services rendered on behalf of a decedent’s estate. (See Prob. Code, § 910.) The question on appeal is whether the award was excessive, either because it violated a settlement agreement negotiated by the attorney or because it constituted a manifest abuse of discretion. We affirm the order for extraordinary attorney fees.
I. Facts
On January 4, 1982, decedent Sally Baum was killed, and her Sausalito home was partially destroyed, by a landslide involving soil from the Waldo Grade…
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- Estate of BaumCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1989