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Title insurer sues closing attorney for malpractice, negligence
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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A national title insurer sued a closing attorney who closed a refinance loan in South Carolina, alleging the attorney was negligent for failing to release a prior mortgage on the property, causing the company to pay out $200,000 in claims. Read on to find out what the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina ruled when the case came before it on the attorney’s motion to dismiss.

 


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