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Litigation

May 31, 2014

Client that lost malpractice claim must pay attorney fees

A Hillsborough-based real estate company must pony up nearly $850,000 in attorney fees after losing a legal malpractice lawsuit in Alameda County Superior Court, an appellate court has ruled.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A Hillsborough-based real estate company must pony up nearly $850,000 in attorney fees after losing a legal malpractice lawsuit in Alameda County Superior Court, an appellate court has ruled.


The decision by the 1st District Court of Appeal affirms a ruling by Superior Court Judge George C. Hernandez Jr., who determined that the fees awarded to San Francisco-based attorneys with Murphy Pearson Bradle...

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