Luce v. State Title Agency, Inc.

OPINION

NOYES, Judge.

David and Joyce Luce (“Appellants”) appeal the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to State Title Agency, Inc. (“State Title”). Appellants claim that State Title owed them a duty of reasonable care and skill when it gratuitously recorded a deed of trust for a third party. The trial court found that State Title had no duty to Appellants. We affirm.

I

In January 1988 Appellants entered into a partnership (“the Partnership”) with Daniel O’Connor and a company that he wholly owned. O’Connor and his company were general partners and Appellants were limited partners. In return…