Buffington v. Title Insurance Co. of Minnesota

OPINION

OGG, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether an escrow agent can be held liable to a buyer for any damages sustained by reason of an alleged wrongful forfeiture of the buyer’s interest under a land purchase contract.

The appellant/plaintiff Albert Buffing-ton, Jr., filed suit against the appellee/de-fendant Title Insurance Company of Minnesota and defendants Darrell G. Hand and Sharon Hand, his wife, claiming damages as the result of an alleged wrongful forfeiture of Buffington’s interest in an escrow contract. The escrow involved a land purchase contract between the Hands, as sellers,…