SALTARELLI & STEPONOVICH v. DOUGLAS

Docket No. G014782.

40 Cal.App.4th 1 (1995)

46 Cal. Rptr.2d 683

SALTARELLI & STEPONOVICH, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PETER J. DOUGLAS, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

November 14, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Saltarelli & Steponovich, Steponovich & Associates, Michael J. Steponovich, Jr., and Stephen A. Steponovich for Plaintiff and Appellant.

No appearance for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

RYLAARSDAM, J.

Plaintiff Saltarelli & Steponovich, a law firm, appeals from an order dismissing its action against Peter J. Douglas, a former client. The primary question presented is whether plaintiff's contractual lien on defendant's prospective recovery in the lawsuit for which the firm had been retained to represent defendant survived defendant's discharge in bankruptcy. We hold it does.

FACTS

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