Legal Opinion
BB Syndication Services, Incor v. First American Title Insuranc
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 12, 2015No. 13-2785PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
This case involves the most litigated provision in the standard — form title-insurance policy purchased by real-estate lenders to protect their security interests in ongoing construction projects. The project at issue here-a large commercial development in Kansas City, Missouri-was aborted in the middle of construction due to cost overruns. When the developer would not cover the shortfall, the construction lender stopped releasing committed loan funds, and contractors filed liens against the property for their unpaid work on the unfinished project.
Bankruptcy followed, and…
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