California Court of Appeal

In a corporation's suit against its insurance company and the insurer's in-house law firm, under the facts, the insurer did not engage in the unauthorized practice of law through its use of employee attorneys to defend insureds, and evidence did not raise a triable issue of fee-splitting.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/05/2002
• Published 06/05/2002

Judges

• O'ROURKE, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Eppsteiner & Associates, Stuart M. Eppsteiner, San Diego, and Neal A. Markowitz for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
•  Wingert, Grebing, Brubaker & Ryan, Charles R. Grebing and Brian P. Worthington, San Diego, for Defendants and Respondents Ponsor & Associates and Roger von Kaesborg., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Los Angeles, Meryl L. Young, Nicola T. Hanna, Irvine, and Deborah L. Shirley for Defendant and Respondent Travelers Property Casualty Corporation.