Legal Opinion
Navrides v. Zurich Insurance
California Supreme Court
Decided September 14, 1971No. L.A. 29835PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SULLIVAN, J.
In this action against defendant insurance company arising out of the compromise of a personal injury claim made with the company by plaintiff’s attorney without her consent, we must decide whether defendant was discharged from liability where its settlement draft after delivery to the attorney was cashed on plaintiff’s forged endorsement and the proceeds of the draft appropriated.
Our resolution of the problem is fashioned from basic principles of agency. For the reasons discussed below we conclude, first, that by bringing the present action, plaintiff ratified the…
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