THE SWAHN GROUP, INC. v. SEGAL

No. C056970.

183 Cal.App.4th 831 (2010)

THE SWAHN GROUP, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. MALCOLM S. SEGAL et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

April 7, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freidberg & Parker, Edward Freidberg, Susanna V. Pullen and Wendy A. Taylor for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Boyd & Kimball and David E. Boyd for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

BLEASE, Acting P. J.

This legal malpractice case tenders the doctrine of judicial estoppel, which precludes a party from taking inconsistent positions in separate proceedings where the position in the first proceeding was adopted by the court or accepted by it as true. (Jackson v. County of Los Angeles (1997) 60 Cal.App.4th 171, 181 [70 Cal.Rptr.2d 96] (Jackson).) Judicial...

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