Legal Opinion
Adrian Lupu v. Loan City LLC
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 10, 2018No. 17-1944 & 17-2024PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMBRO, Circuit Judge *385 What is the duty of a real estate title insurer in Pennsylvania to defend the insured party (here the successor to a lender) against claims of the borrower/mortgagor? Its courts, we predict, would not apply the "in for one, in for all" rule (known also as the complete defense rule) 1 -whereby a single covered claim triggers an obligation for the title insurer to defend the entire action-to a case about that insurer's duty to defend. To identify a covered claim, we apply Pennsylvania's rule that potentially covered claims are identified by "comparing the four corners of…
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