United Olympic Life Insurance Company v. Gabriel B. Gunther Sonja L. Gunther, Libby Tessar, Personal Representative of the Estate of Bessie Capen

19 F.3d 1441 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED OLYMPIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gabriel B. GUNTHER; Sonja L. Gunther, Libby Tessar, Personal representative of the estate of Bessie Capen, Defendants-Appellants. No. 92-36710. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 10, 1994. Decided March 24, 1994. 1 Before: BROWNING, KOZINSKI, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges 2 MEMORANDUM * I. A. 3 An insurance agent owes a client a duty to exercise reasonable skill and care in obtaining insurance. Joseph Forest Products v. Pratt, 564 P.2d 1027 (Or.1977). The Gunthers and Tessar claim that Far West, United Olympic's agent, was negligent (1) in improperly advising the Capens regarding the requirements for changing the beneficiary of the annuity policy and (2) in deviating from standard practice in the insurance community by accepting the "Policy Change Request" form signed only by Mr. Capen and failing to tell the Capens…