Is a cross-complainant seeking damages for damages for legal malpractice against his former attorney required to present expert testimony from a different expert?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Cooper v. Ahsan, B216579, No. YC055865 (Cal. App. 2010):

The trial court found that a cross-complainant seeking damages for legal malpractice against his former attorney was required to present expert testimony from a legal expert with regard to the applicable standard of care (Kelley v. Trunk (1998)

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