Haines v. Old Republic National Title Insurance Co.

GOLDEN, Justice.

[¶ 1] In this appeal, appellant Susan Lit-tlefield Haines (Haines), the insured, asks this Court to decide for the first time whether a title insurance policy that insures legal access requires the insurer to affirmatively obtain a recorded easement or right of access or compensate the insured for the lack of recorded access rights. The trial court granted summary judgment to appellee Old Republic National Title Insurance (Old Republic), the insurer, holding that Haines was not entitled to either remedy because she had access to her property and had suffered no loss entitling…