GURSEY, SCHNEIDER & CO. v. WASSER, ROSENSON & CARTER

No. B142728.

109 Cal.Rptr.2d 678 (2001)

90 Cal.App.4th 1367

GURSEY, SCHNEIDER & CO. et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. WASSER, ROSENSON & CARTER et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing August 23, 2001.

Review Granted November 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chapman, Glucksman & Dean, Randall J. Dean, Los Angeles, and Allen A. Mescobi for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Musick, Peeler & Garrett, Costa Mesa, Cheryl A. Orr, Los Angeles, and Brett D. Watson, Searcy, Ark., for Defendants and Respondents.


JOHNSON, Acting P.J.

In this case we hold public policy considerations do not bar a suit for indemnity by an accountant against a lawyer who represented the same client at the same time, where the client originally sued both lawyer and accountant for malpractice but the client's malpractice suit against the lawyer was barred by the statute of limitations. Therefore we reverse the trial court's order sustaining respondents...

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