Bank of California, N.A. v. First American Title Insurance Co.

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• holding that a title insurance company and a commitment issuer are subject to liability for negligent misrepresentation when the commitment issuer negligently supplies inaccurate information regarding the state of title in a preliminary commitment
• finding a duty of reasonable care with regard to information contained in a title commitment
• establishing potential tort liability for misrepresentations made in preliminary commitments for title insurance
• imposing a tort duty on a title insurer as matter of case law, but noting that an Alaskan statute requires a title insurer to conduct a reasonable search and examination of title
• imposing a tort duty on a title insurer as matter of case law, but noting that an Alaskan statute requires a title insurer to conduct a reasonable search and examination of title
• Alaskan statute requires a title insurer to conduct a reasonable search and examination of title before issuing policy

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