"Procedural Morass"

A new unpublished case from California's Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, begins:

We sometimes see lawsuits by disgruntled clients who are disappointed when they lose a lawsuit and blame their attorney. But it is a rare client who pursues his attorney all the way to the appellate court after winning two lawsuits. That is what is buried beneath the procedural morass that is this case.

Father Flanagan's Boys Home v. Morrison & Foerster, No. G035251 (Cal. Ct. App., 4th App. Dist., Div. 3, May 24, 2006) (Bedsworth, J.).