GAFCON, INC. v. PONSOR & ASSOCIATES

No. D037229.

120 Cal.Rptr.2d 392 (2002)

98 Cal.App.4th 1388

GAFCON, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PONSOR & ASSOCIATES et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

Rehearing Denied June 26, 2002.

Review Denied September 11, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eppsteiner & Associates, Stuart M. Eppsteiner, San Diego, and Neal A. Markowitz for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Wingert, Grebing, Brubaker & Ryan, Charles R. Grebing and Brian P. Worthington, San Diego, for Defendants and Respondents Ponsor & Associates and Roger von Kaesborg.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Los Angeles, Meryl L. Young, Nicola T. Hanna, Irvine, and Deborah L. Shirley for Defendant and Respondent Travelers Property Casualty Corporation.


O'ROURKE, J.

Gafcon, Inc. (Gafcon) sued its liability insurer Travelers Property Casualty Corporation (Travelers), Travelers' in-house law firm Ponsor & Associates, and Ponsor lawyer Roger von Kaesborg (collectively Ponsor) seeking, among other relief, a judicial declaration that (1) Travelers' use of employee attorneys to defend its insureds constitutes the unauthorized practice of law; (2) insurance companies in general improperly exercise control over their...

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