Union Savings Bank v. Lawyers Title Insurance

Sadler, Judge.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, Union Savings Bank (“appellant”), appeals the judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, which granted summary *543judgment to defendant-appellee, Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation (“appellee”), on appellant’s claims for breach of contract, negligence, and breach of fiduciary duty. For the following reasons, we reverse as to appellant’s breach-of-contract claim, but affirm as to appellant’s negligence and breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims.

{¶ 2} In May 2003, Jerry and Jacqueline Benis filed a loan application with appellant, seeking to refinance…