Supreme Court of California

Public policy does not require the adoption of a blanket rule barring concurrent counsel or co-counsel from suing one another for indemnification of legal malpractice damages; insurers of attorneys sued for legal malpractice may be subrogated to the attorneys' indemnity claims against concurrent counsel or co-counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/27/2002
• Published 06/27/2002

Judges

• BROWN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney, James A. Murphy, Harlan B. Watkins, San Francisco, and Alexander J. Berline for Cross-complainant and Appellant., Stephan, Oringher, Richman & Theodora, Harry W. R Chamberlain II, Robert M. Dato and Brian P. Barrow for California Society of Certified Public Accountants as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Cross-complainant and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lanahan & Reilley, Christopher R Miller, Cheryl P. Martinsen and Noreen M. Evans, Santa Rosa, for Cross-defendants and Respondents.