Grundfor

Filed 9/13/24 Grundfor v. Demarest CA2/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

DREW B. GRUNDFOR, 2d Civil No. B329142 (Super. Ct. No. 19CV-0105) Plaintiff and Appellant, (San Luis Obispo County)

v.

JOHN DEMAREST et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

Drew B. Grundfor rear-ended a car driven by N.M. His blood-alcohol content was thrice the legal limit at the time. Allstate, Grundfor’s insurer, retained attorney John Demarest and the law firm of Hanger Steinberg Shapiro & Ash (collectively, Respondents) to settle the civil lawsuit N.M. and her passengers brought against Grundfor after the collision. The settlement paid out the entirety of Grundfor’s policy liability limit. After Grundfor was ordered to pay N.M.…