Winkler v. Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.

Bernard Winkler, Lynn J. Winkler, Bernardo J. Del Riesgo, Vivian Del Riesgo, Jaime L. Ortiz and Carmen A. Gallo (collectively “appellants”) appeal a final declaratory judgment finding that the appel-lee, Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation (“Lawyers Title”), was not liable under section 627.792, Florida Statutes (2009), for the alleged misappropriation of the appellants’ escrow deposits by Coastal Title Services, Inc. (“Coastal”). Because substantial record evidence supports the trial court’s findings that Coastal was not the designated title agent for any of the appellants’ transactions and…