Title Disputes

New Jersey Appellate Division Reverses Summary Judgment Decision Regarding the Termination of a Cross-Easement by Estoppel

The New Jersey Appellate Division recently reversed a lower court’s decision granting summary judgment to defendant and...

Mississippi Appeals Court Holds Beneficiary of Deed of Trust Has Priority Over Prior Deed of Trust Because the Prior Deed of Trust Lacked a Named Beneficiary

In an action brought by plaintiff, a beneficiary under a subsequent deed of trust, seeking a declaration...

California Appellate Court Affirms Judgment for Title Insurer After Insured Conveyed Its Interest in Foreclosure Sale

In an action brought by foreclosure sale purchasers against the foreclosing bank’s title insurer based on the...

Pennsylvania Superior Court Finds Ambiguity in Title Insurance Policy’s Description of the Insured Property Precludes Summary Judgment

In an action arising out of a failed real estate transaction, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania vacated...

New York’s Third Department Finds Factual Questions Exist Whether Defendant Timber Company Adversely Possessed Disputed Parcel For Requisite Period

The Third Department of New York’s Appellate Division recently held that the lower court erred: (1) in...

New York Supreme Court Holds That Underwater Lands Owned by New York State, Not Municipality

The Supreme Court of New York, Suffolk County, recently held that a municipality could not fine a...

Michigan Court of Appeals Holds Title Agent Not Liable for Negligence

The Michigan Court of Appeals recently reversed a lower court and held that a title agency was...

New Jersey Appellate Division Holds That Title Company Has No Duty to Defend Allegations That Insured Had Undisclosed Agreement with Third Parties

The New Jersey Appellate Division recently affirmed a trial court’s grant of summary judgment to a title...

Alabama Federal Court Holds Title Agent Not Liable for Alleged Kickback Scheme

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama recently dismissed a putative class action...

Wisconsin’s Appellate Court Holds That Title Company Was Not Liable for Title Agent’s Escrow Disbursements

The Court of Appeals of Wisconsin recently held that a title company could not be held liable...