Patterson v. Fidelity National Title Insurance

WETTICK, J.,

— Plaintiffs allege that defendant title companies failed to give them and putative class members discounted rates for title insurance as prescribed by sections 5.3 and 5.6 of the Title Insurance Rating Bureau of Pennsylvania (“TIRBOP”) Manual, effective prior to 2005. The only remaining claims in this litigation are those raised under the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (“Consumer Protection Law”), 73 P.S. §§201-let seq.

Ordinarily, the next step in this litigation would be a ruling on plaintiffs’ request to certify these cases as class actions. However,…