Carver v. Meguerian CA2/2
Appellant Michael Carver, a former attorney, seeks payment for his representation of now-deceased Azniv Kokikian, the mother of respondents Lucine Meguerian and Hovik John Meguerian (respondents). Although Carver previously filed a creditor’s claim in Kokikian’s probate proceedings, respondents, acting as the administrators of Kokikian’s estate, denied Carver’s claim. Carver then filed this lawsuit seeking payment for the legal work he did for Kokikian.
After Carver presented his case to the jury, the trial court granted respondents’ motion for nonsuit. Although we find the judgment contains errors, we nonetheless affirm the judgment as modified because, as a matter of law, the jury could not have returned a verdict in Carver’s favor based on the evidence he presented. In particular, we conclude Carver could not and did not demonstrate Kokikian breached any of the three alleged retainer agreements she signed. Accordingly, we affirm.
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