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OVANDO v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

No. B186504.

71 Cal.Rptr.3d 415 (2008)

159 Cal.App.4th 42

Javier F. OVANDO, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant and Appellant. Javier F. Ovando, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Tamar Toister et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeal of California, Second District, Division Three.

January 18, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moreno, Becerra & Casillas, Gregory W. Moreno, Danilo J. Becerra, Montebello; Norris & Galanter, Douglas F. Galanter and Donald G. Norris, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Pollak, Vida & Fisher and Daniel P. Barer, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Appellants.

CROSKEY, J.

Javier F. Ovando appeals an order granting a new trial after the jury awarded him $6.5 million in damages against his former defense attorney, Tamar Toister, and her employer, the County of Los Angeles, for legal malpractice resulting in his false conviction. The trial court concluded that a juror had committed prejudicial misconduct by failing to disclose her knowledge of facts concerning a police corruption scandal involving officers from the Los Angeles...

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