California Court of Appeal

In a suit against plaintiff's former attorney for legal malpractice and civil rights violations allegedly committed in the course of civil commitment proceedings under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA), Welf. & Inst. Code, sections 6600 et seq., the trial court's judgment sustaining defendant's demurrer is: 1) affirmed in part where the trial court properly sustained defendant's demurrer to plaintiff's cause of action for legal malpractice; and 2) reversed in part as to the SVPA proceedings against plaintiff that are still pending, raising the possibility that he may be able to comply with the favorable termination requirement in the future.

Appellate Information

• Published 2017/02/10

Judges

• RENNER

Court

• California Court of Appeal

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