GOODMAN v. KENNEDY

Docket No. L.A. 30465.

18 Cal.3d 335 (1976)

556 P.2d 737

134 Cal. Rptr. 375

MELVILLE GOODMAN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. J. JOSEPH KENNEDY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

November 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Hecht & Diamond and Roger Jon Diamond for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Cary A. Rosen and Rosen, Ross, Fields & Zax for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

Plaintiffs seek damages from defendant Kennedy, an attorney, for losses they incurred on certain shares of stock purchased from Kennedy's clients, who were principal officers of the corporation issuing the stock. Plaintiffs allege that defendant1 negligently advised his clients that the shares in question could be issued to them as stock...

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