Legal Opinion
Safeway Ins. Co., Inc. v. Guerrero
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided January 27, 2004No. 1 CA-CV 02-0661PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BARKER, Judge.
¶ 1 If a lawyer allegedly negotiates a Dam- ron/Morris 1 agreement in violation of the permissible boundaries for such agreements, is that lawyer immune as a matter of law from a tort claim for intentional interference with contractual relations? Our answer to that question is “No.”
¶ 2 The thrust of this lawsuit is an insurer’s claim that lawyers representing a third-party plaintiff stepped outside the legal boundaries for Damron/Morris agreements and purposefully implemented a scheme to “manufacture” a bad faith claim in order to generate a multi-million dollar recovery…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Wagenseller v. Scottsdale Memorial HospitalArizona Supreme Court · 1985
- Miller v. ShugartSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
- Wells Fargo Bank v. Arizona Laborers, Teamsters & Cement Masons Local No. 395 Pension Trust FundArizona Supreme Court · 2002
- United Services Automobile Ass'n v. MorrisArizona Supreme Court · 1987
- Damron v. SledgeArizona Supreme Court · 1969
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Safeway Ins. Co., Inc. v. GuerreroArizona Supreme Court · 2005