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SMITH v. CIMMET

No. A129586.

199 Cal.App.4th 1381 (2011)

DANIEL C. SMITH, as Personal Representative, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JERRY K. CIMMET et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

October 18, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Waltz Law Firm, Patrick J. Waltz and Elisa W. Ungerman for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Klinedinst, Heather L. Rosing, David M. Majchrzak ; Long & Levit, Joseph P. McMonigle , Jessica R. MacGregor and Helen M. McFarland for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

SEPULVEDA, J.—

The personal representative of an Oregon estate brought a legal malpractice action against California attorneys who had been retained by the previous representative in an unsuccessful lawsuit against the decedent's California business partner. The current estate representative alleged that his predecessor's attorneys prosecuted a meritless lawsuit that unnecessarily expended estate assets. The attorney defendants...

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