Legal Opinion
Kidd v. Havens
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 15, 1991PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Denman, J.
The issue presented is whether a title company may be liable for negligence in certifying title to a purchaser of property with whom the title company was not in contractual privity, but for whose benefit the certification was made. We answer that question in the affirmative.
Robert J. Havens, the defendant, contracted to purchase real property from Richard and Annette D’Amico. Pursuant to their contractual obligation to provide the buyer with an updated abstract of title, the D’Amicos retained Jefferson Abstract Corporation (Jefferson) and ordered an abstract and…
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