BARNER v. LEEDS

No. S070377.

102 Cal.Rptr.2d 97 (2000)

24 Cal.4th 676

13 P.3d 704

Glenn Russell BARNER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Julie LEEDS, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

December 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cicconi, Iglesias & Cicconi, Drew Allan Cicconi; Cormicle and Belter and Bruce Cormicle, Santa Monica, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Lloyd W. Pellman, County Counsel, Louis V. Aguilar, Assistant County Counsel, Kevin C. Brazile, Deputy County Counsel; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Timothy T. Coates, Beverly Hills; Manning, Marder & Wolfe and Steven J. Renick, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent.

Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy, Joan L. Cassman, David W. Baer, Lisa K. Puntillo, San Francisco, for Cities of Alameda, Albany, Avalon, Bakersfield, Berkeley, Burlingame, Capitola, Carlsbad, Carpinteria, Chino, Chula Vista, Coachella, Cotati, Culver City, Delano, Dinuba, Gustine, Hollister, Huntington Beach, Huron, Indian Wells, Lafayette, Laguna Beach, Lathrop, Long Beach, Los Altos, Madera, Millbrae, Modesto, Napa, Oceanside, Orange, Orange Cove, Orinda, Oxnard, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Pico Rivera, Pleasant Hill, Redding, Redlands, Rialto, Riverside, Sacramento, San Buenaventura, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, Santa Paula, Signal Hill, South San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Thousand Oaks, Vacaville, Walnut and West Sacramento, Towns of Ross and San Anselmo as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


GEORGE, C.J.

In Wiley v. County of San Diego (1998) 19 Cal.4th 532, 79 Cal.Rptr.2d 672, 966 P.2d 983, we held that in a legal malpractice action against an attorney for alleged negligence in representing the plaintiff (the accused in a criminal action), the plaintiff must establish, as a necessary...

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