Cedent's Suit Against Sedgwick is Untimely, State Appellate Court Affirms

LOS ANGELES - A legal malpractice action accusing a law firm of giving bad advice to a cedent regarding a reinsurance claim is untimely under California state law, a California appellate court ruled March 19. NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co. v. Sedgwick, Detert et al., No. B203357 (Calif. App., 2nd Dist.).

The California Court of Appeal, 2nd District, ruled that the one-year statute of limitation set forth in California Code of Civil Procedure Section 340.6 began to run in May 2005, two years before NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co. sued the law firm of Sedgwick, Detert Moran & Arnold.

NORCAL created a …