2055 Actual damage results from attorney malpractice as soon as there is legally cognizable damage that could be pleaded in a malpractice action; actual damage resulted from an attorney's failure to advise the client to tender defense of a claim to the client's insurer as soon as the client learned about the error.CitationJORDACHE v BROBECK, PHLEGER & HARRISON (Late Tender) 18 C4 739 [See: CCP 340.6; Budd v Nixen 6 C3 195; Laird v Blacker 2 C4 606; ITT v Niles 9 C4 245, T/AT 2/95; Adams v Paul 11 C4 583, T/AT 12/95; Jordache v Brobeck... 49 CA4 609, T/AT 10/96 (RevGrtd)]
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