CALIFORNIA STATE AUTO. ASSN. v. BALES

Docket No. A044424.

221 Cal.App.3d 227 (1990)

270 Cal. Rptr. 421

CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION INTER-INSURANCE BUREAU, Cross-complainant and Appellant, v. BRUCE B. BALES, Cross-defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

June 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Weinberg, Campbell & Stone, Michael T. Stone and Joann M. Cook for Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney, Michael P. Bradley and Ryan T. Russell for Cross-defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

BARRY-DEAL, Acting P.J.

(1a) In this appeal we decide whether an insurer, sued by a third party claimant for violation of Insurance Code section 790.03, may obtain comparative equitable indemnity from the claimant's former attorney on the theory that the attorney's negligence at least partially caused the claimant's damage. We hold that public policy in favor of...

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