INS Investigations Bureau, Inc. v. Lee

OPINION

FRIEDLANDER, Judge

This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of summary judgment requested by INS Investigations Bureau, Inc. (INS), Vernon Large, and Richard Murphy in an action filed by Lester L. Lee, William R. Lee, Cu-beco, Inc. and Lees Inns of America, Inc. (Lees), as assignees of the rights of Home Indemnity Company. INS presents three issues for review:

1. Could Home Indemnity validly assign its cause of action against INS to its adversary in the underlying proceeding or should such an assignment be void as against public policy?

2. Should the cause of action, if assignable,…