SHAFER v. BERGER, KAHN, SHAFTON, MOSS, FIGLER, SIMON & GLADSTONE, B151730
An attorney, who is retained by an insurance company to provide coverage advice in a lawsuit against its insured, may be held liable to the plaintiff in that lawsuit for making a fraudulent statement about coverage.
Appellate Information
- Decided 03/18/2003
- Published 03/18/2003
Judges
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Hunt Ortmann Blasco Palffy & Rossell, Inc., Craig N. Rossell and Regan A. Molatore, Pasadena, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley, Susan H. Handelman and Gregory K. Storey, Santa Clara, for Defendants and Respondents.