Great American Mortgage, Inc. v. Statewide Insurance

OPINION

WEISBERG, Judge.

Statewide Insurance Company (“Statewide”) appeals from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment against it. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand with instructions to enter judgment in favor of Statewide.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The relevant facts are not in dispute. Security Bancorp, Inc. (“Security”), an Arizona mortgage banking corporation, opened a branch office in Utah. Security then entered into employment contracts with Employees, who were loan officers for SBI Mortgage, Inc., a Utah mortgage brokerage firm that later became Great American…