Citrus El Dorado, LLC v. Chi. Title Co.

*945A commercial developer lost a parcel of real property in a trustee's sale following a nonjudicial foreclosure. It sued the title company that conducted the sale as a trustee. In this opinion, we conclude that a trustee in such a sale is subject to tort liability only for the violation of duties established by the deed of trust and governing statutes, unless the trustee has effectively taken on a different or modified duty by its actions. In this case, the developer, plaintiff and appellant Citrus El Dorado, LLC (Citrus), sued in part for failure to verify certain matters that the trustee,…