Grossman

Filed 9/4/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

JEFFREY G. GROSSMAN et 2d Civ. No. B329459 al., (Consl. w/ B332351) (Super. Ct. No. 56-2014- Plaintiffs and Respondents, 00456442-PR-TR-VTA) (Ventura County) v.

JOHN PETER WAKEMAN,

JR., et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

Attorney John Peter Wakeman, Jr. (Wakeman), and Wakeman Law Group, Inc., appeal the legal malpractice judgments entered against them following a jury trial. The judgments were in favor of respondents Jeffrey G. Grossman (Jeffrey), Alexis Grossman (Alexis), and Nicholas Grossman (Nicholas). They also appeal an order denying their motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. We reverse the judgments. Respondents were not appellants’ clients. Appellants’ client was Dr. A. Richard Grossman (Richard), the father of Jeffrey and Peter Grossman (Peter). Peter is the father of Alexis and Nicholas, hereafter “the grandchildren.” During the trial, Richard was described as “a huge name in the . . . burn surgery community” who “had started the Grossman Burn Centers.” Richard died in…