Legal Opinion
Ishmael v. Millington
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 15, 1966No. Civ. 11079PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFriedman, J.
This is a legal malpractice action in which the plaintiff-client appeals from a summary judgment granted the defendant-attorney. The factual narrative will possess heightened significance against a backdrop of general doctrine:
Actionable legal malpractice is compounded of the same basic elements as other kinds of actionable negligence: duty, breach of duty, proximate cause, damage. (Hege v. Worthington, Park & Worthington, 209 Cal.App.2d 670, 677 [26 Cal.Rptr. 132]; see Modica v. Crist, 129 Cal.App.2d 144, 146-148 [276 P.2d 614]; Witkin, Cal. Procedure (1954) 73-74.) Touching the first…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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