California Court of Appeal

Law firm has priority for its contractual lien, for its work in creating the very fund from which a creditor seeks to satisfy its judgment lien; such a remedy is statutorily mandated under Code of Civil Procedure section 708.470(c).

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/19/2002
• Published 04/19/2002

Judges

•  CROSKEY, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Westrup, Klick & Associates, R. Duane Westrup and Lawrence R. Cagney, Long Beach, for Defendants Cross-Complainants and Appellants R. Pangborn and Pangborn Plumbing Corporation., Reich, Adell, Crost & Cvitan, Alexander Cvitan, Los Angeles, J. David Sackman, and Neelam Chanda, for Claimant and Respondent, American Benefit Plan Administrators., Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, LLP, John W. Sheller and Nancy E. Lucas, Santa Monica, for Cross-Defendants and Respondents Carruthers & Skiffington, Robert Carruthers and Gary Carruthers.