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Published On: December 13, 2010

 

Title Lawsuits
Third-Quarter 2010 Mortgage Litigation Index

Litigation tied to property title and title insurance claims.

 

Defendant
Plaintiff
Court
Amount
Overview
Case Title
Case Number
Date Filed Link to Story
JP Morgan Chase & Co. First American Title Insurance Corporation U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit $8,456 JP Morgan lost an appeal contesting attorney’s fees and costs to First American for removing the underlying action from state court. The underlying action centers around First American’s failure to record a mortgage acquired by JPMorgan. First American Title Insurance Corporation v. JP Morgan Chase & Co. No. 07-3996 6/10/10 https://www.mortgagedaily.com/LawsuitsTitle083110
Integrity Land Title Corp U.S. Bank, N.A. Indiana Supreme Court $123,090 Indiana Supreme Court held that a title company issuing an incorrect title commitment may be sued in tort for negligence in failing to uncover a defect during a title search. US Bank, N.A. v. Integrity Land Title Corp. No. 17S03-1002-CV-120 6/29/10 https://www.mortgagedaily.com/LawsuitsTitle083110
John Robert Thomer; Dawn Thomer; Mooring Tax Asset Group Wells Fargo Financial Kentucky, Inc. Court of Appeals of Kentucky $158,000 Appellant, Wells Fargo, successfully appealed summary judgment by the district court granting appellees a superior lien on the borrower’s real property. The court of appeals reversed the decision in favor of Wells Fargo, which refinanced a loan for borrow Wells Fargo Financial Kentucky, Inc. v. Thomer et al. No. 2008-CA-001837-MR 4/23/10 https://www.mortgagedaily.com/LawsuitsTitle083110
Eric Koppelman United States U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York $6,000,000 4-year sentence in case where former title closer who allegedly conspired with a mortgage broker to steal funds that were supposed to be used to pay off existing mortgages. In re Eric Koppelman and Irshad Ramzan n/a 7/6/10 https://www.mortgagedaily.com/LawsuitsTitle083110
Irshad Ramzan United States U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York $6,000,000 Former mortgage broker who conspired to steal over $6 million in funds that were supposed to be used to pay off existing mortgages received a seven-year jail sentence. In re Eric Koppelman and Irshad Ramzan n/a 6/3/10 https://www.mortgagedaily.com/LawsuitsTitle083110
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