California Court of Appeal

Damages award is vastly reduced in light of the California Supreme Court's holding that a plaintiff in a transactional malpractice action must show that but for the alleged malpractice, it is more likely than not that the plaintiff would have obtained a more favorable result.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/23/2004
• Published 04/23/2004

Judges

•  PERLUSS, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Munger, Tolles & Olson, Dennis C. Brown, Mark B. Helm, Allison B. Stein, Los Angeles, Steven W. Hawkins;  Paul J. Watford, Los Angeles;  Kester & Isenberg and Charles F. Kester, Woodland Hills, for Defendants and Appellants., Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, Patricia L. Glaser, Peter C. Sheridan, Los Angeles, and Mila Livitz for Plaintiffs and Respondents.