fiduciary

“When you’re going to see a licensed healthcare professional who owes you fiduciary duties, your expectations are different,” Stevenson said.

“The judge sits in an advisory, almost fiduciary relationship with those who stand to benefit from the class action,” Wheeler said.

They also concluded that a car dealer had a "fiduciary duty" towards the car buyer when it came to arranging a car loan.

The lawsuit was filed as a derivative action in which shareholders sue a company’s officers and directors on behalf of the company, claiming they had breached their fiduciary duties.

A decision is expected any day from the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on a federal judge’s ruling that the VA had failed a fiduciary duty to provide housing for veterans.