California Court of Appeal July 29, 1998, No. B112896 (Crookall v. Davis, Punelli, Keathley & Willard)

*1052Opinion

EPSTEIN, J.

Charles E. Crookall appeals from summary judgment entered in favor of his former attorneys in his action for legal malpractice. The issue on appeal is whether there is a triable issue of material fact as to negligence by respondent attorneys in failing to raise the defense of the antideficiency judgment statute, Code of Civil Procedure section 580b, in the underlying