SAFEWAY INS. CO., INC. v. GUERRERO

No. CV-04-0146-PR.

106 P.3d 1020 (2005)

210 Ariz. 5

SAFEWAY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., a foreign corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Peter A. GUERRERO, individually, Peter A. Guerrero, P.C., an Arizona professional corporation; Charles D. Roush, individually, Charles D. Roush, P.C., an Arizona professional corporation; and Roush, McCracken, Guerrero & Miller, Attorneys at Law, a partnership of professional corporations, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

February 24, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parrillo, Weiss & O'Halloran by Ronald E. Huser, Tempe, Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Turley, Swan & Childers, P.C. by Kent E. Turley, Phoenix, and Haralson, Miller, Pitt, Feldman & McAnally, P.L.C., by Stanley G. Feldman, Tucson, Attorneys for Defendants-Appellees.

Law Office of JoJene Mills, P.C., by JoJene E. Mills, Tucson, and Plattner Verderame, P.C., by Richard S. Plattner, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Trial Lawyers Association.

Law Offices of John L. Tully, P.C., by John L. Tully, Tucson, and Law Offices of James D'Antonio, by James J. D'Antonio, Tucson, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae United Policyholders.


OPINION

HURWITZ, Justice.

¶ 1 This case requires us once again to consider issues arising out of a Morris agreement.1 The question presented is whether attorneys who negotiate a Morris agreement on behalf of a plaintiff in a personal injury action can be subjected to liability to the defendant's insurer for intentional interference with contractual relations. We conclude that such a claim does not lie in this...

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