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This issue, Marjory Harris reviews some really bad movies.

Sex and the Single Girl, Or, “He Took Her For a Ride” Not my case, but the most famous of all. The applicant thought she was going to Disneyland with her new boyfriend. Unaware he was an investigator hired by defendant, she was enticed into activity beyond her normal physical capabilities. Upon learning of "the ruse and deception," she suffered a physical and mental breakdown requiring hospitalization. She was allowed to sue the insurer for intentional torts committed by its agent, the investigator. < Previous

The investigator is defendant’s agent and can subject the insurer to a civil suit for intentional torts: Unruh v. Truck Ins. Exchange (1972) 7 Cal.3d 616, 102 CR 815, 37 CCC 590,