Shaya B. Pacific, LLC v. Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP

How courts have described this case

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

• allowing contribution between one party liable in contract and one liable in tort for the same harm
• affirming dismissal of contribution claim when both the lawyers accused of committing malpractice and the original tortfeasors \allegedly violated duties to the plaintiff\ but they \did not share in responsibility for the same injury\
• affirming dismissal of contribution claim when both the lawyers accused of committing malpractice and the original tortfeasors “allegedly violated duties to the plaintiff” but they “did not share in responsibility for the same injury”
• “the harm allegedly caused' by the defendant attorneys, i.e., the loss of certain legal rights, was not the same as the harm resulting from the [original wrongdoer]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).