Legal Opinion
Pacific Rim Mechanical Contractors, Inc. v. Aon Risk Insurance Services West, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 28, 2012No. D058321PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NARES, J.
In this case we are presented with an issue of first impression in California: Does an insurance broker, after procuring a policy of insurance for a developer on a construction project, owe a duty to apprise a subcontractor that was later added as an insured under that policy of the insurance company’s subsequent insolvency? We conclude that, absent the assumption of a contractual duty to do so, insurance brokers owe no such duty.
Cross-complainant Pacific Rim Mechanical Contractors, Inc. (PacRim), appeals from a judgment entering dismissal of its cross-complaint against…
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