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Underwriter successful in limiting liability to lender after borrower default
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012
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After a borrower in California defaulted on a $37 million construction loan, the lender sued the underwritten title company and the title insurer for allegedly breaching the lenders closing instructions and the title policy and also for alleged fraud, breach of fiduciary duties and bad faith. After almost 2 months of trial, a jury found otherwise, finding no fault on the part of the title company or the title insurer. Read on for details of this case.

 



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