Doris Day: Difference between revisions

''Day v. Rosenthal'', 170 Cal.App.3d 1132 (1985)</ref> that Rosenthal had acted improperly.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-10-17-mn-14780-story.html|title=High Court Rejects Judgment Appeal : Doris Day Wins 17-Year Battle With Ex-Attorney|last=Morain|first=Dan|date=October 17, 1985|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 14, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> In April 1986, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review the lower court's judgment. In June 1987, Rosenthal filed a $30&nbsp;million lawsuit against lawyers whomwho he claimed had cheated him out of millions of dollars in real-estate investments. He named Day as a codefendant, describing her as an "unwilling, involuntary plaintiff whose consent cannot be obtained." Rosenthal claimed that much of the money that Day had lost was the result of the unwise advice of other attorneys who had suggested that she sell three hotels at a loss, as well as some oil leases in [[Kentucky]] and [[Ohio]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-14-re-7056-story.html|title=Doris Day Investments Subject of Suit|last=Ryon|first=Ruth|date=June 14, 1987|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 14, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> He claimed that he had made the investments under a long-term plan and did not intend to sell them until they appreciated in value. Two of the hotels sold in 1970 for about $7&nbsp;million, and their estimated worth in 1986 was $50&nbsp;million.<ref name="Disbarred1987">{{cite news|last=Hager|first=Philip|title=Doris Day's Former Lawyer Disbarred|url=https://articles.latimes.com/1987-07-14/news/mn-4016_1_doris-day|access-date=August 9, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=July 14, 1987}}</ref>