4631 An appraiser selected by an insured to participate in an appraisal of fire-damaged property pursuant to Insurance Code sections 2070 and 2071 is protected from liability by arbitral immunity; an appraiser hired by an insured to give expert testimony at such an appraisal proceeding is not protected from liability either by the aribtral privilege or by the Litigation Privilege of Civil Code section 47.CitationLAMBERT v CARNEGHI (Appraiser Immunity) 158 CA4 1120 [See: InsC 2070, 2071; CivC 47; Gebers v State Farm 38 CA4 1648, T/AT 12/95; Stasz v Schwab 121 CA4 420, T/AT 9/04; Mattco Forge v Arthur Young 5 CA4 392]
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