Asrar v. Travelers Express Co.
Asrar v. Travelers Express Co.
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
Rafat Asrar appeals the District Court’s order granting Travelers Express Company’s summary judgment as to each of Asrar’s three causes of action against Travelers.
Here, Asrar has not raised a triable issue of fact as to any of his causes of action. His conversion cause of action fails because Travelers committed no wrongful act. See In re Emery, 317 F.3d 1064, 1069 (9th Cir. 2003). Travelers can not be held liable for conversion under an agency theory, as the agent’s bad acts about which Asrar complains were beyond the scope of the agency between Travelers and its agent. See Van’t Rood v. County of Santa Clara, 113 Cal.App.4th 549, 573, 6 Cal. Rptr.3d 746, 765 (Cal.Ct.App. 2003). Asrar’s fraud cause of action fails because Travelers neither made a material misrepresentation nor intended to deceive Asrar. See Lazar v. Superior Ct., 12 Cal.4th 631, 638, 909 P.2d 981, 984, 49 Cal.Rptr.2d 377, 380 (Cal. 1996). Finally, Asrar’s breach of contract cause of action fails because no contract existed between Asrar and Travelers.
Accordingly, the District Court committed no error in concluding that Travelers was entitled to summary judgment on each of Asrar’s causes of action.
AFFIRMED.
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