Bolton
Bolton v. Trope
Opinion
Opinion
Armstrong, J.
Plaintiff Dillon Bolton appeals the judgment entered following the trial court’s grant of a motion for nonsuit in favor of defendants Eugene L. Trope, Trope & Trope, David R. Glickman, and Glickman & Glickman in this action for legal malpractice. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment.
Facts
The underlying litigation
Bolton was involved in an automobile accident on Pacific Coast Highway in April 1991 when Joan Knapp lost control of her car as she was reaching for one of her dogs. Bolton’s head hit both the windshield of his vehicle and the driver’s side window. Both automobiles were declared total losses.
Approximately two weeks after the accident, Bolton retained Eugene L. Trope and his law firm, Trope & Trope, to represent him in a personal injury lawsuit against Knapp. In approximately October 1992, Trope associated David R. Glickman and his firm, Glickman & Glickman, into the case. In the spring of 1994, Bolton declined two settlement offers from Knapp’s insurance company, of $30,000 and $35,000, which his attorneys recommended he accept. On June 29, 1994, the trial court granted motions filed by defendants to withdraw as counsel for Bolton.