3251 By acting as designated witness for a party whose interests are adverse to a client's an attorney breached a fiduciary duty to the client; an attorney's breach of fiduciary duty to a client does not necessarily justify an award of punitive damages; a rejected offer of compromise entitles the party who made it to enhanced costs upon receiving a more favorable judgment, even if the offer does not include a proposal to stipulate to judgment.CitationAMERICAN AL v SHEPPARD, MULLIN... (Designated Witness) 96 CA4 1017 [See: Rules of PC 3310; CCP 998; Mirabito v Liccardo 4 CA4 41, Michelson v Hamada 29 CA4 1566, T/AT 11/94; City Nat'l v Adams 96 CA4 315, E/AT 3/01]
|
|