U.S. Fid. Guar. Co. v. Dohner

1 Citing case

  1. Bank of California v. Opie

    663 F.2d 977 (9th Cir. 1981)   Cited 76 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the mortgage banker's management of loan proceeds was a professional service because his activities as a mortgage banker "largely consisted of management of credit"

    Second, the few decisions that involve the duty to pay claims, rather than the duty to defend, involve fact situations so dissimilar from the present case and contain such cursory analysis of the coverage issue, that they merit no further attention. See First Insurance Co. v. Continental Casualty Co., 466 F.2d 807 (1972) (faulty plan responsible for soil slippage held part of insured engineer's professional services); United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. v. Dohner, 71 Wn.2d 544, 429 P.2d 883, 884 (1967) (insured hairdresser was performing professional "tonsorial" services when customer sustained injuries while chair was being reclined for a shampoo); Sutherland v. Fidelity and Casualty Co., 103 Wn. 583, 175 P. 187 (1918) (physician contracted to cure patient). Something more than an act flowing from mere employment or vocation is essential.