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Description dooms sale, but negligence claim dismissed

A policyholder’s claim against its title insurer for negligently performing title searches and producing inaccurate legal descriptions of the property was dismissed because the source of duty rule and the economic loss rule provide that the policyholder’s remedy was only in contract. U.S. District Judge Roderick Young said the plaintiff sufficiently alleged a breach of contract ...