Can a fiduciary relationship exist when there is no relationship between one person and the other?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Cent. Hotel Trust 90021 v. Just in Time Enters., LLC, B251879 (Cal. App. 2015):
the other and purports to act or advise with the other's interest in mind. Such a relationship may exist even when there is no fiduciary relationship, as long as one party has reposed trust and confidence in the other, who is aware of this fact. (Driscoll v. Los Angeles (1967) 67 Cal.2d 297, 308, fn. 11.)
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