Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Aug. 7, 2001
New Doubt
The significance of the 'Musser' decision is that it creates uncertainty that did not previously exist.
Alec H. Boyd
Clyde & Co US LLP
101 2nd St 24th Fl
San Francisco , CA 94105
Phone: (415) 365-9881
Fax: (415) 365-9801
Email: alec.boyd@clydeco.us
UC Hastings
Alec H. Boyd litigates insurance-coverage and professional-liability matters with the San Francisco office of Arter & Hadden
Alec H. Boyd
Clyde & Co US LLP
101 2nd St 24th Fl
San Francisco , CA 94105
Phone: (415) 365-9881
Fax: (415) 365-9801
Email: alec.boyd@clydeco.us
UC Hastings
Alec H. Boyd litigates insurance-coverage and professional-liability matters with the San Francisco office of Arter & Hadden
It has long been unquestioned that a cause of action for legal malpractice may not be assigned in the state of California. The leading case setting forth this rule, Goodley v. Wank & Wank Inc., 62 Cal.App.3d 389 (1976), held that important policy considerations preclude a client's assignment of a legal-malpractice cause of action. These policy considerations have proved persuasive to subs...
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