NAVRIDES v. ZURICH INS. CO.

Docket No. L.A. 29835.

5 Cal.3d 698 (1971)

488 P.2d 637

97 Cal. Rptr. 309

AUDREY R. NAVRIDES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

September 14, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Haight, Lyon & Smith and William M. Fitzhugh for Defendant and Appellant.

Orloff & Wilner and Robert D. Wilner for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

SULLIVAN, J.

In this action against defendant insurance company arising out of the compromise of a personal injury claim made with the company by plaintiff's attorney without her consent, we must decide whether defendant was discharged from liability where its settlement draft after delivery to the attorney was cashed on plaintiff's forged endorsement and the proceeds of the draft appropriated.

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