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OSORNIO v. WEINGARTEN

No. H027258.

21 Cal.Rptr.3d 246 (2004)

124 Cal.App.4th 304

Simona OSORNIO, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Lawrence WEINGARTEN, as Personal Representative, etc., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing December 16, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Fulton, Cartwright, Fulton & Adams, Santa Cruz, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Louis H. Castoria, Debra S. Blum, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent.

WALSH, J.*

In Lucas v. Hamm (1961) 56 Cal.2d 583, 15 Cal.Rptr. 821, 364 P.2d 685 (Lucas), our Supreme Court rejected the traditional rule that an attorney owed no duty to nonclients. The court held that beneficiaries could sue the attorney whose negligent preparation...

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