Lauritzen v. First American Title Insurance Co.

HARRIS, Judge:

¶1 Bruce W. Lauritzen purchased five lots of undeveloped real property in Hurricane, Utah based on a description in a recorded subdivision plat map. Lauritzen then purchased title insurance for these lots through First American Title Insurance Company (First American). Subsequently, Lauritzen learned that the plat map had a material defect: one of his lots partially overlapped with another parcel. Eventually, the plat was amended by shrinking the overlapping lot and by imposing additional development requirements on all of Lauritzen's lots. Lauritzen then made a claim on his…