SANCHEZ v. LINDSEY MORDEN CLAIMS SERVICES

No. B123946.

84 Cal.Rptr.2d 799 (1999)

72 Cal.App.4th 249

Luis SANCHEZ, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LINDSEY MORDEN CLAIMS SERVICES, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

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

Review Denied July 28, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Dodell and Gerald J. Miller, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Arter & Hadden, Wayne S. Grajewski and Michelle McAloon, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent.


NEAL, J.

SUMMARY

An independent adjuster engaged by an insurer owes no duty of care to the claimant insured, with whom the adjuster has no contract. The adjuster is not liable in tort to the insured for alleged negligent claims handling which causes only economic loss.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN TRIAL COURT

The relevant facts, which appear from appellant Luis Sanchez's first amended complaint, and from a Status Conference Memorandum judicially...

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