Legal Opinion
American Title Insurance v. East West Financial Corp.
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided April 5, 1993No. Civ. A. 89-0428-TPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
TORRES, District Judge.
This is a declaratory judgment action by American Title Insurance Company (“American Title”) in which the relief sought is a declaration that American Title has no obligation under certain mortgagee title insurance policies issued to East West Financial Corporation (“East West”) and then assigned to Bay Loan and Investment Bank (“Bay Loan”). East West and Bay Loan have asserted counterclaims for losses that they contend are compensable under the policies and for punitive damages based upon what is alleged to be American Title’s bad faith refusal to…
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