Blackmon v. Hale
1 Cal. 3d 548 ·
Supreme Court of California · Filed
Published · citable
Cited by 2
Holding
The court held that a law partner may be held jointly and severally liable for a co-partner's misappropriation of client funds received in the course of the partnership's business, and that a bank is not liable for honoring properly signed checks from a trust account absent actual or constructive knowledge of misappropriation.
Statutes construed
- BPC § 6076
- CIV § 2216
- CIV § 2239
- CIV § 3117
- COM § 3204
- COM § 3205
- COM § 3206
- CORP § 15001
- CORP § 15002
- CORP § 15003
- CORP § 15004
- CORP § 15005
- CORP § 15006
- CORP § 15007
- CORP § 15008
- CORP § 15009
- CORP § 15010
- CORP § 15011
- CORP § 15012
- CORP § 15013
- CORP § 15014
- CORP § 15015
- CORP § 15016
- CORP § 15017
- CORP § 15018
- CORP § 15019
- CORP § 15020
- CORP § 15021
- CORP § 15022
- CORP § 15023
- CORP § 15024
- CORP § 15025
- CORP § 15026
- CORP § 15027
- CORP § 15028
- CORP § 15029
- CORP § 15030
- CORP § 15031
- CORP § 15032
- CORP § 15033