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WEBB v. GITTLEN

No. CV-07-0127-PR.

174 P.3d 275 (2008)

D. Jere' WEBB, through assignment granted by Gail Susan Berliant and Neal Berliant (dba The Liquor Vault, Inc. and Berliant, LLC), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Victoria GITTLEN; G & G Insurance Service, Inc., an Arizona corporation; CDS Insurance Agency LLC, a limited liability company doing business in Arizona, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

January 10, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew L. Riggs, P.C. by Matthew L. Riggs, Mesa, Attorney for D. Jere' Webb.

Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith, L.L.P. by Greg S. Como, Rob A. Justman, Phoenix, Attorneys for Victoria Gittlen, G & G Insurance Service Inc., and CDS Insurance Agency, L.L.C.

The Hassett Law Firm, P.L.C. by Myles P. Hassett, Lucas N. Frank, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Arizona.

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.

I.

¶ 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...

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