Wormsbacher v. Phillip R Seaver Title Co.

Plaintiff 1 appeals by right the trial court’s order granting summary disposition in favor of defendants. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

This negligence and negligent misrepresentation case arose out of plaintiffs purchase of four residential lots in a Rochester Hills subdivision. Related to the purchase, plaintiff hired defendants to conduct title searches and to provide title commitments. Plaintiff alleged that he relied on defendants’ title searches and that defendants failed to apprise him of a permanent injunction barring commercial use of the lots. Therefore, plaintiff argued that defendants…