Legal Opinion
Kirwan v. Chicago Title Insurance
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided April 20, 2001No. S-99-498PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMiller-Lerman, J.
NATURE OF CASE
This case is before the Nebraska Supreme Court on the grant of the petition for further review filed by appellants, Gerald R. Kirwan, Jr., and Leona Kirwan. The opinion of the Nebraska Court of Appeals is found at Kirwan v. Chicago Title Ins. Co., 9 Neb. App. 372, 612 N.W.2d 515 (2000).
At issue in this appeal are the obligations of appellee, Chicago Title Insurance Company (Chicago Title), to pay for attorney fees incurred in successfully defending title to certain insured property in South Dakota (the subject property) by two of its insureds: (1) the Kirwans, the purchasers of…
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- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. WertzSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
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