Borissoff v. Taylor & Faust
33 Cal. 4th 523 · S105600
Supreme Court of California · Filed
Published · citable
Cited by 7
Holding
The court held that a successor personal representative of a probate estate possesses standing to maintain a professional negligence action against attorneys retained by a predecessor fiduciary to provide tax services for the estate's benefit, notwithstanding the absence of direct privity between the successor and the attorneys.
Statutes construed
- CCP § 340.6
- PROB § 8524
Cited by (7)
- JACQUELINE D. EDDY, as Trustee, etc. Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIAM E. FIELDS, Defendant and Appellant (2004) 121 Cal. App. 4th 1543
- SIMONA OSORNIO, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LAWRENCE A. WEINGARTEN, as Personal Representative, etc., Defendant and Respondent (2004) 124 Cal. App. 4th 304
- DANIEL C. SMITH, as Personal Representative, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JERRY K. CIMMET et al., Defendants and Respondents (2011) 199 Cal. App. 4th 1381
- JOANNE HOLMAN STINE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MONICA DELL'OSSO et al., Defendants and Respondents (2014) 230 Cal. App. 4th 834
- STEPHEN PAUL et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. RICHARD PATTON, Defendant and Respondent (2015) 235 Cal. App. 4th 1088
- Orange Catholic Foundation v. Arvizu (2018) 239 Cal. Rptr. 3d 60
- JAMES C. KELLY, as Trustee, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BARBARA J. ORR et al., Defendants and Respondents (2016) 243 Cal. App. 4th 940