The Docket: U.S. Court of Appeals Rules Insurer Only Liable for Unmarketability of Title

February 17, 2015

Today’s review of a ruling on marketability by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit was provided by Michael O’Donnell, partner of the law firm Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland and Perretti. The decision reaffirms that a title insurer is not liable for every instance where an insured is having difficulty selling a property due to a failure to record an instrument or identify an assessment.

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