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California Court of Appeals, 5th District· 3/21/2018

Austin v. Medicis

Citations

  • 230 Cal. Rptr. 3d 528
  • 21 Cal. App. 5th 577

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that claims 15 were properly dismissed without leave to amend because 16 they were “time barred” and there was no “reasonable 17 possibility amendment would cure the problem.”
  • reasoning that tolling under section 352.1 historically would not have been understood to apply to parolees
  • “the statute’s reach extends beyond legal 21 malpractice to the performance of services that do not require a law license.”
  • “We hold . . . that a would- be plaintiff is ‘imprisoned on a criminal charge’ within the meaning of section 352.1 if he or she is serving a term of imprisonment in the state prison.”

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Judges: Lavin

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