WOOD v. JAMISON

No. B196898.

167 Cal.App.4th 156 (2008)

CRAIG WOOD, as Trustee, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. EDDIE B. JAMISON, Defendant and Appellant.

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

September 30, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. J. Little & Associates and James J. Little for Defendant and Appellant.

Steinmeyer Roth, William B. Steinmeyer and Thomas M. Roth for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

GILBERT, P. J.

An attorney represents an elderly client and does not disclose his conflict of interest and its consequences. As this case demonstrates, the attorney brings financial harm to his client, institutional harm to his profession, and catastrophic harm to himself.

Eddie B. Jamison, a licensed attorney, appeals a judgment for damages, attorney fees and costs based on legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty...

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