FIDELITY NAT. TITLE v. FIRST AMERICAN TITLE

No. 12CA0722.

310 P.3d 272 (2013)

2013 COA 80

FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE COMPANY, f/k/a Security Title Guaranty Company, Defendant-Appellant, v. FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Division V.

Announced May 23, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wells Anderson & Race, LLC, Mary A. Wells , L. Michael Brooks, Jr. , Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.

Montgomery Little & Soran, P.C., Frederick B. Skillern , Echo D. Ryan , Greenwood Village, Colorado, for Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.


Opinion by Judge TERRY

¶ 1 This action involves title insurance and the contractual duties of a real estate closer. Defendant, Fidelity National Title Company, formerly known as Security Title Guaranty Company (Agent), appeals the trial court's judgment in favor of third-party defendant, First American Title Insurance Company (Underwriter). We affirm.

¶ 2 As issues of first impression, we

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