Miller v. Mason-McDuffie Co. of So. Cal.

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• holding that a jury could find defendant’s agent apparently authorized to represent that fraudulent loan commitment was legitimate where defendant’s agent had actual authority to advise customers of the approval of loan applications
• holding apparent agency requires “conduct of a principal that allows a third party reasonably to conclude that an agent is authorized to make certain representations or act in a particular way”
• “In order to hold a principal liable for an agent’s acts on a theory of apparent authority, the third party must show that his reliance upon the agent’s apparent authority was reasonable.”
• issues of apparent authority and reasonable reliance are jury questions

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