Hardine v. Pioneer National Title Insurance

OPINION

FERNANDEZ, Judge.

Appellant, Peggy A. Hardine, filed suit for negligence and breach of contract contending she lost her rights as a joint tenant to a parcel of property because of appellee’s loss of and failure to record an executed joint tenancy deed. Judgment was entered in favor of appellee on the basis that appellant had failed to prove any damages and this appeal followed.

In March 1982 Peggy Hardine requested an escrow officer of appellee, now known as TICOR Title Insurance Company, to prepare the appropriate deeds for her then-husband John Hardine to transfer a parcel of his…