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BLAIN v. DOCTOR'S CO.

Docket No. C004782.

222 Cal.App.3d 1048 (1990)

272 Cal. Rptr. 250

RAYMOND L. BLAIN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. DOCTOR'S COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

August 10, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Wilcoxen, Callahan, Montgomery & Harbison, Daniel E. Wilcoxen and Roger V. Jaffe, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Donahue & Callaham, Stephen J. Mackey, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Alan G. Martin, Bonne, Jones, Bridges, Mueller, O'Keefe & Hunt, H. Gilbert Jones, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Chris G. Gasparich, James C. Martin and Joseph P. Mascovich, for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

BLEASE, Acting P.J.

This appeal tenders the question whether the doctrine of unclean hands precludes an action for legal malpractice predicated upon injuries caused when Raymond L. Blain, a physician-defendant in a medical malpractice action, followed the advice of his lawyer to lie at a deposition. We shall conclude that it does.

The appeal arises from a judgment of dismissal following the sustaining of general demurrers...

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