Legal Opinion
TRW Title Insurance v. Security Union Title Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 1, 1998No. Nos. 97-2226, 97-3155PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
. TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
During the 1980’s some said greed was good. If so, then title insurance agent Ed Wells was a saint, for beginning in 1986 he stole upwards of $3 million from the closing escrow accounts he administered. The 1990’s find Wells in prison (apparently for other, unrelated crimes) and the two title insurers he represented during his thievery — Security Union Title Insurance Company and TRW Title Insurance Company, who, at different times, insured the escrow depos*824its that Wells stole — fighting over who should pick up the tab for Wells’ misdeeds.
Originally, Wells…
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