I.E. ASSOCIATES v. SAFECO TITLE INS. CO.

Docket No. L.A. 31966.

39 Cal.3d 281 (1985)

702 P.2d 596

216 Cal. Rptr. 438

I.E. ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SAFECO TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

August 1, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Linda Cory Allen, Richard H. Benes and Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Irwin J. Nowick and Katz, Hoyt, Seigel & Kapor as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, Donald H. Glaser, J. Tim Konold and Sheila M. Muldoon for Defendant and Respondent.

Hiestand & Keene, Fred J. Hiestand, Scott R. Keene, Richard P. Bertolino, Steven R. Cameron, Peter L. Townsend, Lee P. Bardellini, Garrison, Townsend & Orser, Phillip M. Adleson, Patric J. Kelly and Adleson, Hess, Christensen & Perkins as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

KAUS, J.

I.E. Associates (Associates) appeals from a summary judgment granted in favor of defendant Safeco Title Insurance Company (Safeco). The principal issue presented is whether, in addition to the notification procedures prescribed by statute, a trustee in a nonjudicial foreclosure has a common law duty to make reasonable efforts to contact a defaulting trustor/debtor. We conclude that the statutory procedures are exclusive...

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