BAY CITIES PAVING & GRADING v. LAWYERS' MUTUAL INS.

Docket No. S023292.

5 Cal.4th 854 (1993)

855 P.2d 1263

21 Cal. Rptr.2d 691

BAY CITIES PAVING & GRADING, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LAWYERS' MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 12, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard Amerian, Phillips, Greenberg, Dolven & Strain, Aaron M. Greenberg, Esner, Marylander & Zakheim, Stuart B. Esner, Grant Marylander and Rosalyn S. Zakheim for Defendant and Appellant.

Musick, Peeler & Garrett, R. Jospeh De Briyn, Harry W.R. Chamberlain II, Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, Richard T. Davis, Jr., Andrew J. Waxler, Jill Baran Scott, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, John L. Endicott, Scott R. Hoyt, Deborah A. Aiwasian, Meyers, Bianchi & McConnell, Martin E. Pulverman, Jeffrey M. Cohon and Lawrence P. House as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Arthur R. Abelson for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BAXTER, J.

A general contractor was owed money for its work on a construction project. The attorney who had been representing the contractor in connection with the project recorded a mechanic's lien but thereafter failed to serve a stop notice on the project's construction lenders and failed to file a complaint to foreclose the mechanic's lien. As a result of the attorney's omissions, the contractor was unable to collect the...

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