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HOLLAND v. THACHER

Docket No. A036062.

199 Cal.App.3d 924 (1988)

245 Cal. Rptr. 247

BARBARA J. HOLLAND, Plaintiff v. JAMES F. THACHER et al., Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants; ARCHIBALD M. MULL III et al., Cross-defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

March 23, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Rogers, Joseph, O'Donnell & Quinn, Joseph W. Rogers, Jr., William B. Chapman, Susan M. Popik, Margaret A. Corrigan, Miller & Miller and Baron L. Miller for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants.

Ronald E. Mallen, Mark Simon Kannett and Long & Levit for Cross-defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

KLINE, P.J. —

INTRODUCTION

The issue we confront in this case is whether predecessor attorneys sued for malpractice by a former client may cross-complain for equitable indemnity against a successor attorney hired to extricate the client from the condition created by the predecessor attorneys. We agree with the majority of appellate courts which have addressed the issue that sound policy reasons prohibit such...

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