Deutsche Bank v. First American Title Insurance Co., 465 Mass. 741 (2013)
Jul 11, 2013OUTCOME: Successfully represented title insurance company
The SJC concluded that the duty to defend claims under a title insurance policy was to be examined under a standard different than that applied to other liability policies, differentitated between chal ... lenges to the mortgage debt as opposed to the mortgage itself, and concluded the title company did not owe a duty to defend various lender liability claims even if they sought rescission of the insured mortgage.
