Here is what we cover in this issue of The Title Reporter: A Legal Update for the Title Insurance Industry: •A Delaware trial court has ruled that plaintiffs suing a title insurer for breach of a title insurance policy...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Standing: In moving for involuntary dismissal, borrowers were required to admit as true all of the facts in evidence, including representations made in assignments of mortgage; bank...more
Real Property Update - US Supreme Court - Regulatory Taking: owner of parcel A, that took title to adjacent parcel B after regulation restricting use of parcels had been passed, lost grandfather rights for both parcels by...more
REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Hearsay/Business Records: trial court abused its discretion by excluding the mortgage records, which included records from a prior servicer, where plaintiff’s witness demonstrated...more
REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Automatic Stay: because final judgment entered day after defendant’s petition for bankruptcy, automatic stay imposed by 11 U.S.C. § 362 was in effect and, thus, judgment was void, even...more
REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - - Quiet Title: investor who pooled money with two other entities to purchase property could not quiet title after the two entities recorded second version of deed that omitted investor’s name...more