GONZALEZ v. CHEN

No. B227444.

197 Cal.App.4th 881 (2011)

128 Cal. Rptr. 3d 604

KATHERINE GONZALEZ, a Minor, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. EDWARD CHEN, Defendant; NATHANIEL J. FRIEDMAN, Objector and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

July 21, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel J. Friedman , in pro. per.; and Barton A. Friedman for Objector and Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

MALLANO, P. J.

A minor's attorney filed this appeal on his own behalf, dissatisfied with the attorney fees he was awarded in an order approving a compromise in a medical malpractice case. We reverse and remand so the trial court may award fees pursuant to the applicable California rule of court, not the local court rule that was preempted at the time of the award. In addition, the trial court was not required to award...

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