What is the legal liability nature of a claim for legal malpractice?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Sentry Select Ins. Co. v. Badiou (In re Badiou), 527 B.R. 692 (Bankr. E.D. Cal. 2015):
FN.7. In Jackson v. Rogers & Wells, supra, 210 Cal.App.3d 336, 258 Cal.Rptr. 454, we noted the hybrid contract-tort nature of claims for legal malpractice. (Id. at p. 342, 258 Cal.Rptr. 454.)
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