California Court of Appeal
Beal Bank, SSB v. Arter & Hadden, LLP, B179383
The limitations period for a legal malpractice action under Code of Civil Procedure section 340.6 is tolled as to an attorney and the attorney's former law firm and its attorneys while the attorney continues to represent the client in the same specific subject matter in which the alleged malpractice occurred.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/10/2006
- Published 01/10/2006
Judges
- DOI TODD, J.
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Leland, Parachini, Steinberg, Matzger & Melnick, Harvey L. Gould, San Francisco; Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, Vicki L. Freimann, Richard Fannan, Los Angeles, and David M. Rice, San Francisco, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Moscarino & Connolly, John M. Moscarino and Paula C. Greenspan for Defendants and Respondents.