Supreme Court of California

When a party's notice of appeal states only that the appeal is from the order denying a new trial, the Court of Appeal should treat the notice as an appeal from the underlying judgment as long as it is reasonably clear what appellant was trying to appeal from.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/03/2005
• Published 02/03/2005

Judges

• BAXTER, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Knickerbocker Law Corporation and Richard L. Knickerbocker, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant., Michael M. Berger;  Jay-Allen Eisen, Sacramento;  Dennis A. Fischer, Santa Monica;  Robert S. Gerstein;  Wendy Lascher, Ventura;  Steven L. Mayer, San Francisco;  Richard Sherman;  Snell & Wilmer and Richard A. Derevan, Irvine, for the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers as Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Franscell, Strickland, Roberts & Lawrence, David D. Lawrence, Orange, Paul B. Beach and Adrian J. Barrio, Glendale, for Defendant and Respondent.