California Court of Appeal

In case where insurer agrees to defend insured in negligence action without a reservation of rights, insured hires its own attorney believing insurer's attorney has a conflict of interest, and insurer settles the suit, the insured does not have a cause of action for malpractice against the insurer's attorney.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/03/2007
• Published 07/03/2007

Judges

• GILBERT, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Cappello & Noël, A. Berry Cappello and Matthew M. Clarke, Santa Barbara, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nemecek & Cole, Jonathan B. Cole, Sherman Oaks, Mark Schaeffer and Joel Gluzman for Defendants and Respondents.