LEKO v. CORNERSTONE BLDG. INSPECTION

No. B137570.

103 Cal.Rptr.2d 858 (2001)

86 Cal.App.4th 1109

Blago LEKO et al., Cross-Complainants and Appellants, v. CORNERSTONE BUILDING INSPECTION SERVICE et al., Cross-Defendants and Respondents, Gregory C. Pyfrom, Objector and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

Rehearing Denied February 28, 2001.

Review Denied May 2, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall J. Kelley and Natalie Blake, Encino, for Cross-complainants and Appellants Blago Leka dba Century 21 Adobe Realty, Joe Pallat and Sherry Oyler.

June Babiracki Barlow; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Kent L. Richland, Edward L. Xanders, Beverly Hills, for Amicus Curiae California Association of Realtors on behalf of Cross-complainants and Appellants.

Gaglione & Dolan, Jeffrey S. Kaplan, Los Angeles, for Cross-defendant and Respondent Cornerstone Building Inspection Service.

Blatz, Pyfrom & Associates, Lindsay Joachim and Gregory C. Pyfrom, Ventura, for Cross-defendants and Respondents, Way Fire Inspection Service and Crystal Home Inspections.

Blatz, Pyfrom & Associates, Gregory C. Pyfrom, Ventura, for Objector and Appellant, Gregory C. Pyfrom.


COFFEE, J.

May a realtor who is sued for negligent nondisclosure of defects in real property obtain equitable indemnity from a home inspection company that allegedly breached its duty to the purchaser to discover and disclose the same defects? Yes. May that same realtor seek equitable indemnity when the home inspection company prepared its report for a different prospective purchaser, in connection with a previous transaction involving the same property? Yes, so long...

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