Duell v. Hancock

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that the title search “was made for [the insurer’s] benefit … not for the benefit of [the insured]”
• “The doctrine of skill or negligence has no application to a contract of title insurance.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
• “The doctrine of skill or negligence has no application to a contract of title insurance.”
• “The contract for a title search is separate and distinct from the contract of insurance; liability for a negligent search arises from the former.”
• “The contract for a title search is separate and distinct from the contract of insurance; liability for a negligent search arises from the former.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).