Legal Opinion
Gafcon, Inc. v. Ponsor & Associates
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 5, 2002No. D037229PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
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 employee attorneys so as to interfere with their independence and professional judgment in representing insureds; (3) Travelers…
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