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MEIGHAN v. SHORE

Docket No. B073932.

34 Cal.App.4th 1025 (1995)

40 Cal. Rptr.2d 744

JOAN MEIGHAN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SAMUEL SHORE et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

May 4, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Howard A. Kapp for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Samuel Shore and James R. McGrath for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

EPSTEIN, Acting P.J.

In this case we hold that when a husband and wife consult an attorney about a personal injury action against a third party on account of personal injury to one of them, and the other spouse has a potential claim for loss of consortium of which the attorney is or ought to be aware, the attorney has a duty to inform that spouse of the consortium cause of action.

In this case, appellant and her husband...

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