LEAL v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

No. 1 CA-CV 00-0041.

17 P.3d 95 (2000)

199 Ariz. 250

Estevan LEAL and Denise Leal, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign corporation, acting in its capacity as an insurance company, and as a law firm doing business as Sorenson & Associates; Wendi A. Sorenson and John Ishakiwa, dba Sorenson & Associates, an Arizona law firm, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

December 21, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thur & O'Sullivan, P.C., by Calvin C. Thur, Roger O'Sullivan, Scottsdale, Attorneys for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Steptoe & Johnson, L.L.P., by Floyd P. Bienstock, Bennett Evan Cooper, Phoenix, Attorneys for Allstate Insurance Company.


OPINION

TOCI, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 Estevan and Denise Leal (the "Leals"), third parties who were injured by the negligence of Allstate Insurance Company's ("Allstate") insured, appeal from the dismissal of their claims against Allstate for breach of an implied duty of good faith and fair dealing. The Leals allege that Allstate voluntarily assumed such a duty in adjusting their claims against its insured by pledging that it would consider the Leals to...

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