California Courts of Appeal
Jul. 19, 2014
Suit against attorney not barred by statute of limitations, appeals court rules
A woman suing her lawyer for failing to return more than $46,000 in allegedly unearned attorney fees is not barred by the one-year statute of limitations to file her claim, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A woman suing her lawyer for failing to return more than $46,000 in allegedly unearned attorney fees is not barred by the one-year statute of limitations to file her claim, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
The 4th District Court of Appeal found that if the attorney, William B. Hanley of Newport Beach, did steal funds from his client, that act is not a part of his "performance of a profes...
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