CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH v. PETERSEN LAW FIRM

No. E029742.

115 Cal.Rptr.2d 568 (2002)

95 Cal.App.4th 562

CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent, v. The PETERSEN LAW FIRM et al., Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants. Thomas Feeley, Cross-defendant and Respondent.

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

Review Denied April 10, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Petersen Law Firm, Gregory G. Petersen and Larry J. Roberts for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants.

Woodruff, Spradlin & Smart, Thomas F. Nixon and M. Lois Bobak, Orange, for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent.

Robinson, Di Lando & Whitaker, Michael A. Di Lando and Mark Kane, Los Angeles, for Cross-defendant and Respondent.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

OPINION

McKINSTER, Acting P.J.

After a city and several of its employees were sued in tort, the city retained counsel to jointly represent the city and the employees. The employees insisted that the city was obligated to pay for defense counsel for the employees separate from counsel retained to defend the city. The city refused and sued for declaratory relief to establish that it was...

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