FOSTER v. COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO

Docket No. B063110.

14 Cal.App.4th 668 (1993)

17 Cal. Rptr.2d 730

RONNIE CHARLES FOSTER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, Defendant and Respondent.

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

March 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

West & Miyamoto and David B. Gelfound for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Keppleman & Carothers and Janet C. Vining for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

STONE (S.J.), P.J.

Ronnie Charles Foster appeals the trial court's judgment dismissing his suit after granting respondent San Luis Obispo County's motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

The issue in this appeal is whether respondent can be sued for legal malpractice based upon the alleged negligent performance of the lawyer it provided for appellant when he was an indigent criminal defendant. We hold that such a suit...

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