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3588 In an action for attorney malpractice based on the claim that plaintiff failed to receive punitive damages as a result of defendant attorney's negligence in representing plaintiff in litigation, compensatory damages can not include the punitive damages plaintiff would have received had the attorney not been negligent.CitationFERGUSON v LIEFF, CABRASER... (Class Counsel) 30 C4 1037 [See: Ferguson v Lieff, Cabraser... [RevGrtd] 95 CA4 154, T/AT 2/02; Merenda v Superior Court 3 CA4 1; Piscitelli v Friedenberg 87 CA4 953, T/AT 4/01; PPG v Transamerica 20 C4 310, T/AT 6/99]
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