Legal Opinion
Hodas v. First American Title Insurance
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 25, 1997PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTS, Justice.
[¶ 1] First American Title Insurance Company appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Bradford, J.) in favor of Martin Hodas on his claim for a breach of a title insurance policy. First American argues the court misconstrued the policy and erred in determining that Hodas suffered a compensable loss. By cross-appeal, Hodas argues the court erred in failing to find that First American engaged in unfair claims practices, pursuant to 24-A M.R.S.A. § 2436-A (1990). We disagree with both contentions, and affirm the judgment.
[¶ 2] In 1989 Hodas…
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