SEHEULT v. JEFFER, MANGELS, BUTLER & MARMARO, LLP

No. B146243.

119 Cal.Rptr.2d 229 (2002)

97 Cal.App.4th 1411

Russell SEHEULT, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JEFFER, MANGELS, BUTLER & MARMARO, LLP, et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

As Modified May 21, 2002.

Review Denied July 17, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Zamora, Santa Monica, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Baker and Jacobson, Robert P. Baker and Lawrence M. Jacobson, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents.


PERLUSS, J.

Plaintiff and appellant Russell Seheult appeals from a judgment in a legal malpractice action entered in favor of defendants and respondents Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP, Jeffrey Steiner and David Waite (collectively, the lawyers) after the trial court granted the lawyers' motion for summary judgment. We hold that creation of an enforceable obligation is "actual injury" whether or not attorney fees or other quantifiable costs have yet been...

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