1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Conn.
  4. 221 Conn.
  5. 221 Conn. 490 (1992)
 

WESTPORT BANK & TRUST CO. v. CORCORAN, MALLIN & ARESCO

(14307)

221 Conn. 490 (1992)

WESTPORT BANK AND TRUST COMPANY v. CORCORAN, MALLIN AND ARESCO ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released March 31, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Diviney, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Arnold J. Bai, with whom were Andrew S. Turret and, on the brief, J. Jeffrey Coughlin, for the appellees (named defendant et al.).

SHEA, GLASS, COVELLO, BORDEN and BERDON, JS.

BORDEN, J.

The issue in this appeal is whether a lender may hold its attorney liable for a negligent title search and subsequent issuance of an erroneous title opinion letter to the lender when that attorney also represents the borrower. The plaintiff, Westport Bank and Trust Company, brought suit against attorney John R. Mallin and the law firm of Corcoran, Mallin and Aresco (defendants),1 alleging, in count one, breach of its attorney...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases