Md. high court says agency can be sued for negligence, underwriter not vicariously liable

Twenty-five years after purchasing a tract of land from two elderly widows, 100 Investment Limited Partnership discovered the property it had purchased—and subsequently sold and developed—had been sold four years prior to their purchase. The double sale was the result of a missed deed during the title agency’s title search, as well as an improper survey. The company sued the title agencies involved, the surveyor, the title insurer and the surviving widow for negligence. Read on to find out what the highest court of Maryland had to say about questions that arose during the case regarding the title agency and the underwriter.