Webb v. Gittlen

OPINION

BALES, Justice.

¶ 1 Under Arizona law, an insurance agent’s clients may assert claims for professional negligence against the agent. We hold that clients may assign such claims to third parties.

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¶ 2 In 2000, Neal and Gail Berliant bought a liquor store called The Liquor Vault. To insure themselves, they purchased a business and umbrella liability policy from Victoria Gittlen, a licensed insurance agent. Gittlen then worked for G & G Insurance Service; she later moved to CDS Insurance Agency. The Berliants allege that Gittlen did not advise them that they could also purchase liquor…