Anderson & Anderson LLP v. Superior Court CA4/1
Petitioners Anderson & Anderson LLP and Steven A. Micheli (collectively, Anderson) are defendants in a legal malpractice action. Real party in interest Guido DiMitri is Anderson's former client and one of the plaintiffs in the underlying action. DiMitri's wife is also a plaintiff, but her cause of action is not at issue in this proceeding. We will therefore omit further reference to her.
Anderson filed a motion for summary judgment on DiMitri's cause of action for legal malpractice, which the trial court denied. In its petition, Anderson argues the court erred by (1) failing to adequately state its reasons for denying the motion under Code of Civil Procedure section 437c, subdivision (g), and (2) denying the motion on its merits. (All further statutory references are to the Code of Civil Procedure.) Anderson seeks a writ of mandate directing the trial court to vacate its order denying the motion and enter an order granting the motion or, in the alternative, enter an
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