UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERLIN, Case No. 19-cv-08243-JCS
Plaintiff,
ORDER REGARDING PUNITIVE
v. DAMAGES AND MOTION FOR
RECONSIDERATION
HARTOG, BAER & HAND, APC, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 125, 131 Defendants.
I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Christopher Chamberlin, pro se, brought this action asserting negligent legal malpractice (and other claims that have since been dismissed) against his former attorneys in a probate matter concerning his late mother’s estate. The remaining defendants at this point in the case are David Baer and Hartog, Baer & Hand, APC (“HBH”). The Court previously granted summary judgment in Chamberlin’s favor with respect to a $2,831.91 award of costs against him, and granted summary judgment for Defendants on all other aspects of Chamberlin’s claim except for punitive damages, which they failed to address in their motion. See generally Order re Mots. for Summ. J. & Mot. to Exclude Expert Test. (“MSJ Order,” dkt. 125). The Court…