Legal Opinion
Yaffie v. Lawyers Title Ins. Corp.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 17, 1998PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFFORD, Justice.
[¶ 1] Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation (Lawyers Title) appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Brennan, J.) following a jury-waived trial. The court ordered that the insurance policy issued by Lawyers Title to the Yaffles be reformed and that Lawyers Title undertake the defense of the Yaffles in litigation challenging the title to a portion of their property. Lawyers Title contends that the Superior Court erred in finding that there was a mutual mistake of fact regarding the policy, and in denying summary judgment to Lawyers Title at an…
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