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AMERICAN EQUITY INS. CO. v. BECK

Nos. A092221, A092636.

108 Cal.Rptr.2d 728 (2001)

90 Cal.App.4th 162

AMERICAN EQUITY INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Daniel BECK, Defendant and Respondent. Daniel Beck, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Ronald H. Wecht et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

Review Granted September 19, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drath, Clifford, Murphy, Wennerholm & Hagen, John M. Drath, Oakland, Raymond Z. Bacerdo, for plaintiff and appellant American Equity Insurance.

Carlson, Calladine & Peterson LLP, Guy D. Calladine, San Francisco, Henry Chun, for defendant and respondent Beck.

M. Armon Cooper, San Francisco, for plaintiff and appellant Beck.

Drath, Clifford, Murphy, Wennerholm & Hagen, John M. Drath, Oakland, Raymond Z. Bacerdo, for defendants and respondents Wecht and Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Echeverria.

HORNER, J.*

In these consolidated appeals we consider whether counsel who associate to concurrently represent clients owe each other a fiduciary duty, or only owe a duty of loyalty to the clients. In a related matter, we consider whether such counsel can be considered to have entered into a joint venture, allowing one to seek indemnity from the other under the Uniform Partnership Act. The trial court answered each of these questions in...

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