Robinson v. Carney

SULLIVAN, Associate Judge:

Appellants, John W. Robinson and his sister, Lydia B. Ford, sued attorney Robert W. Carney, Universal Settlements, Inc. (“Universal”), and First American Title Insurance Company (“First American”) for damages allegedly resulting from the failure of Carney and Universal to record a deed and First American’s failure to defend appellants’ title to real property known as 3122 Nineteenth Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C. The trial court, sitting without a jury, found that Carney and Universal were negligent but that appellants were contributorily negligent because they…