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FOCUS INV. ASSOCIATES v. AMERICAN TITLE INS.

Nos. 92-1758, 92-1766.

992 F.2d 1231 (1993)

FOCUS INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants, Appellees. FOCUS INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES, INC., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 11, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven E. Snow with whom Partridge, Snow & Hahn, Providence, RI, was on brief for appellant/cross-appellee Focus Inv. Associates, Inc.

Max Wistow with whom Stephen P. Sheehan and Wistow & Barylick Inc., Providence, RI, were on brief for appellee/cross-appellant American Title Ins. Co.

William H. Jestings with whom Patricia A. Buckley and Carroll, Kelly & Murphy, Providence, RI, were on brief for appellees Tobak and Abrams & Verri.

Robert S. Bruzzi, Providence, RI, was on brief for appellee Owen B. Landman.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.

STAHL, Circuit Judge.

In these cross-appeals, we explore, inter alia, the parameters of a title insurance company's duty to disclose title defects to its insured, a lender-mortgagee. The district court, finding that no such duty existed, granted a post-judgment motion for judgment as a matter of law in favor of defendant American Title Insurance Co. ("American"), thus nullifying a jury verdict awarding $286,000 in negligence damages to plaintiff Focus Investment...

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