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SOMMERS v. SMITH AND BERMAN, P.A.

No. 92-2809.

637 So.2d 60 (1994)

Marvin SOMMERS and Marjorie Sommers, Appellants, v. SMITH AND BERMAN, P.A., Brian M. Berman, Esq., Chicago Title Insurance Company, Muriel Wilner, Henry A. Klar and Henry A. Klar Realty, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 18, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Suzan Jon Jacobs and Brian S. Behar of Levine & Geiger, P.A., Miami, for appellants.

Michael E. Marder and Leonard Lubart of Greenspoon, Marder, Hirschfeld & Rafkin, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee, Chicago Title Ins. Co.

KLEIN, Judge.

The issue presented in this case involves the liability of a title insurance company to the purchasers of real estate, for the negligence of the lawyer who handled the closing and issued the title policy. We conclude that because the title insurer only issued the title insurance policy, and did not close the transaction, it is not liable for the conduct of the lawyer handling the closing.

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