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SHAFER v. BERGER, KAHN, SHAFTON, MOSS, FIGLER, SIMON & GLADSTONE

No. B151730.

131 Cal.Rptr.2d 777 (2003)

107 Cal.App.4th 54

John Norman SHAFER et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. BERGER, KAHN, SHAFTON, MOSS, FIGLER, SIMON & GLADSTONE et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing April 8, 2003.

Review Denied July 16, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunt Ortmann Blasco Palffy & Rossell, Inc., Craig N. Rossell and Regan A. Molatore, Pasadena, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley, Susan H. Handelman and Gregory K. Storey, Santa Clara, for Defendants and Respondents.

MALLANO, J.

This appeal presents the question of whether an attorney, who is retained by an insurance company to provide coverage advice in a lawsuit against its insured, may be held liable to the plaintiff in that lawsuit for making a fraudulent statement about coverage. We answer that question in the affirmative because deceit undermines the administration of justice.

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