Borissoff v. Taylor & Faust 2/22/02 CA1/2

State: California

Court: 1st District Court of Appeal 1st District Court of Appeal

Docket No: A093450

Case Date: 02/22/2002

Preview:Filed 2/22/02

CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION* IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO ROBERT A. BORISSOFF, as Executor, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. TAYLOR & FAUST et al., Defendants and Responde nts. [P UBLISHED PART] Robert A. Borissoff (Borissoff) is executor of the estate of decedent Veronica M. Smith. Following a will contest and related litigation during which the estate was in the hands of court-appointed special administrators, Borissoff brought this legal malpractice action against the law partnership of Taylor & Faust, partner Leland H. Faust (Faust), and Burton McGovern (McGovern) for claimed malpractice in tax matters while the administrators handled the estate.1 After a trial of designated issues on stipulated facts, the court gave judgment for all defendants, finding that the one-year statute of limitation (Code Civ. Proc.,

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