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Property Law Keyed to Cribbet
First American Title Insurance Company, Inc. v. First Title Service Company of the Florida Keys, Inc
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In this case the Plaintiff brought an action against the Defendant alleging that the Defendant had prepared abstracts for the sellers of two lots and that the Plaintiff relied on the abstracts to issue title insurance for owners and mortgagees for the lenders and the buyers of the two lots. The complaint alleged that the abstracts prepared by the Defendant failed to note the existence of a recorded judgment against the former owner of the two lots, that the judgment creditor had demanded from the new owners payment of the judgment and that the Plaintiff, pursuant to the title insurance policies, had to pay approximately $75,000 to satisfy the judgment and obtain releases. The complaint did not allege privity of contract between the Plaintiff and the Defendant, but did allege that the Defendant prepared the abstracts for the sellers of the lots and knew that a person other than the person ordering the abstracts would rely on them as providing an accurate and complete summary of all the recorded instruments affecting title to the lots in question. The Defendant moved the trial court to dismiss the action for failing to state a complaint upon which relief could be granted and the trial court dismissed. The Plaintiff appealed and the intermediate appellate court affirmed the trial court. The Plaintiff appealed to the Florida Supreme Court.
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