Supreme Court of California

Co-counsel do not owe one another a fiduciary duty to conduct joint representation in a manner that does not diminish or eliminate the fees each expects to collect.

Appellate Information

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

Judges

• BROWN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Drath, Clifford, Murphy, Wennerholm & Hagen, John M. Drath, Oakland, and Raymond Z. Bacerdo for Intervener and Appellant American Equity Insurance Company and for Defendants and Respondents Ronald H. Wecht et al., M. Armon Cooper;  Carlson, Calladine & Peterson, Guy D. Calladine, San Francisco, and Henry Chun for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent and for Plaintiff and Appellant Daniel Beck.