FRACASSE v. BRENT

Docket No. L.A. 29876.

6 Cal.3d 784 (1972)

494 P.2d 9

100 Cal. Rptr. 385

GEORGE FRACASSE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. RAY RAKA BRENT, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 10, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Freeman & Freeman, Lee A. Freeman and Lawrence P. Freeman for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Mour, Klein & Aronson and Robert A. Klein as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Richard T. Kayaian for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

BURKE, J.

In this case we are asked to reconsider the rule of damages which allows an attorney who has been discharged without cause by his client to recover as damages the full fee specified in the contract of employment, regardless of the reasonable value of his services or the extent of work performed under that contract. For the reasons hereinafter stated, we have concluded that this rule is inconsistent with the strong...

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