Crandall v. Personal Mortgage Corp.

—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: In June 1992 plaintiff, then an inmate at Eastern Correctional Facility, signed a general power of attorney designating his wife as his attorney-in-fact. That same month his wife applied to defendant Personal Mortgage Corporation (Personal Mortgage) for a $25,000 first mortgage on the residence that she owned jointly with plaintiff. The general power of attorney was recorded on August 26, 1992. Before the mortgage closing on August 27, 1992, a paralegal with defendant law firm retained by Personal Mortgage contacted Eastern Correctional…