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UMET TRUST v. SANTA MONICA MEDICAL INVESTMENT CO.

Docket No. 63839.

140 Cal.App.3d 864 (1983)

189 Cal. Rptr. 922

UMET TRUST, Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant, v. SANTA MONICA MEDICAL INVESTMENT COMPANY et al., Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants; SONNENBLICK-GOLDMAN OF CALIFORNIA, INC., Cross-defendant and Appellant.

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

March 16, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Beardsley, Hufstedler & Kemble for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant.

Fierstein & Sturman, Harvey Fierstein and Edward C. Broffman for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants.

Troy, Malin, Pottinger & Casden, D.W. Hunt and David J. Wohlberg for Cross-defendant and Appellant.

OPINION

EAGLESON, J.*

Although there are cross-appeals, the primary issue in this case is whether the court should apply the general rule that ordinarily a litigant must bear his own attorney's fees (Code Civ. Proc., § 1021) or allow attorney's fees to appellant under the "exceptional circumstances" doctrine articulated in California by the Supreme Court in Prentice v. North Amer. Title...

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