November 26, 2025
A title company is partially liable for mishandling $13 million wired into escrow by an investor seeking a 50% ownership interest in a 17-hotel deal, a California federal judge ruled, finding that the title company owed the investor a duty of reasonable care.
October 07, 2024
A California federal judge declined to grant a title company an early win in a lawsuit brought by an investor accusing it of improperly releasing the investor's $13 million contribution to a 17-hotel deal, finding that a dispute remained over multiple factual issues.
October 31, 2017
Stewart Title Guaranty Co. on Monday roped several other companies into California federal court litigation that accuses it of improperly disbursing an investor's $13 million contribution to a 17-hotel deal, saying they should indemnify it under the purchase agreement.