Lico v. Prioste CA1/3
Beth Ann Lico appeals summary judgment in favor of her former divorce attorneys Philip Silvestri and his law firm Silvestri, Silvestri & Mialocq (Silvestri) and Tanya Prioste and her firm Lakin Spears LLP (Prioste). Lico alleged Silvestri and Prioste failed to advise her to sue her former estate planning attorneys, Jennifer Cunneen and Hopkins & Carley, ALC (Cunneen), for legal malpractice before the statute of limitations expired. As a result, she contends, Cunneen obtained summary judgment on statute of limitations grounds. In the current action against Silvestri and Prioste, Lico seeks the value of her underlying malpractice claim against Cunneen and the attorneys’ fees she incurred in attempting to prosecute it. But, again, Lico waited too long to file suit. Pursuant to Jordache Enterprises, Inc. v. Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison (1998) 18 Cal.4th 739 (Jordache), the one-year limitations period for attorney malpractice against Silvestri and Prioste began to run no later than wh
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