Belnap v. Roberts CA4/1
After unsuccessfully arbitrating a dispute with a former business partner, plaintiffs and appellants Timothy Belnap and Tim M. Belnap, D.D.S., Inc. (collectively Belnap) sued defendants and respondents, attorney Aaron D. Roberts and Roberts's then law firm, Circuit McKellogg Kinney & Ross, L.P., eventually asserting causes of action for fraud, legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty and violations of the Unfair Competition Law (UCL; Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.). The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of defendants, citing the arbitrator's findings and award and ruling there was no triable issue of material fact on the issue of causation, a necessary element of all of the causes of action.
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