[DOWNLOAD] "Sidney P. Held v. Arant" by Second Appellate District, Division One Court of Appeal of California # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Sidney P. Held v. Arant
- Author : Second Appellate District, Division One Court of Appeal of California
- Release Date : January 03, 1977
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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The case at bench raises the issue of the right of a lawyer sued for professional negligence to seek indemnity from another lawyer subsequently retained by the suing client in the same matter on the theory that the second lawyers negligence enhanced rather than reduced the initial loss. Because reasons of policy peculiar to the tripartite relationship of attorney-client-adversary override the principle of equitable indemnity enunciated in cases such as Herrero v. Atkinson (1964) 227 Cal. App. 2d 69 [38 Cal. Rptr. 490, 8 A.L.R.3d 629] and Niles v. City of San Rafael (1974) 42 Cal. App. 3d 230 [116 Cal. Rptr. 733], we conclude that the first lawyer has no right of indemnity from the second. Accordingly, we affirm a judgment dismissing an amended cross-complaint on general demurrer.