Panel Reverses, Remands Order Disqualifying Entire Law Firm From Case

(June 29, 2018, 1:02 PM EDT) -- SANTA ANA, Calif. — The Fourth District California Court of Appeal on June 26 reversed and remanded a trial court’s order disqualifying an entire law firm from representing an insurer in a coverage dispute over the insured’s manufacture of defective flexible toilet connectors after determining that the decision must be reconsidered in light of the fact that the attorney, who had previously done work for the insured, left the law firm following the trial court’s order of disqualification (Fluidmaster Inc. v. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co., No. G055469, Calif. App., 4th Dist., Div. 3, 2018 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 4396). ...