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Is escrow company negligent for not informing buyer about oil and gas lease?
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
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Sometime after the sale of property in Utah, the purchasers discovered an oil and gas company was going to drill on their property, making part of the property unusable. They sued the sellers and the escrow company, who they felt breached the title policy and engaged in negligent misrepresentation by not informing them of the lease. Read on to find out what the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah had to say when the escrow company filed a motion for summary judgment against the buyer.

 



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