FLATT v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S031687.

9 Cal.4th 275 (1994)

885 P.2d 950

36 Cal. Rptr.2d 537

GAIL F. FLATT et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SONOMA COUNTY, Respondent; WILLIAM DANIEL, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

December 28, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, David B. Paynter, Thomas J. Feeney and Paul Ellis Baron for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

William B. Daniels II, Paul G. Krawchuk and Susan A. Mitchell for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

ARABIAN, J.

We granted review in this legal malpractice action to consider the scope of an attorney's duty to give advice when severing a relationship with a new or prospective client after learning that the representation — involving the filing of a lawsuit — would conflict irreconcilably with the duty of loyalty owed to an existing client, the target of the contemplated litigation. We conclude that the...

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