California Court of Appeal

In an appeal arising out of the sale of a gas station business, involving the issue of whether an escrow company defendant owed a legal duty of care to plaintiff, who was not a party to the escrow nor mentioned as a third party beneficiary in the escrow instructions, the trial court's grant of defendant's motion for nonsuit is affirmed where defendant did not owe a duty of care to plaintiff because he was not a party to the escrow, not mentioned in the escrow instructions as a third party beneficiary, and did not sustain his losses as a direct result of the escrow company's negligence.

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• Published 2016/12/09

Judges

• HOCH

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• California Court of Appeal

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