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A judgment obtained by Bill Sauerwein and Trent Bond on behalf of a group of homeowners has been affirmed by the Missouri Court of Appeals. In issuing its lengthy opinion, the court of appeals held that correction of the homeowners’ vesting deeds was permitted and...
Bill Sauerwein recovers $1,403,265.33 for his client in a case filed in Western District of the Federal District of Missouri concerning the sales proceeds from several tracts of Boone County commercial real estate. The action by filed by an estate sought to declare...
Bill Sauerwein succeeded on appeal before the Eighth Circuit on behalf of the FDIC and a purchaser of a bank’s assets in an action which involved the FDIC’s powers under FIRREA and the validity of title to financial assets transferred to the FDIC’s purchasers. After a...
Stewart Schneider and Trent Bond were awarded Summary Judgment on behalf of a Bank client, in a Judgment declaring the Bank’s deed of trust to be in a first lien position. Central to the case was whether or not a Quit Claim Deed at issue, which was signed during the...
In Missouri’s first appellate opinion interpreting the “party in possession” exception to a standard title insurance policy, the Western District Court of Appeals held that the provision is unambiguous and that the standard exception to title insurance coverage...
Representing a property owner and a lender, Bill Sauerwein successfully argued for reversal of a trial court’s judgment awarding damages and a lien to a judgment holder which attributed fault to the negligence of the title insurer. The 4th District Appellate court...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a 1,099 page proposal last week for new mortgage disclosures which integrates forms required under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and Real Estate Settlement and Procedures Act (RESPA) and revises the HUD-1...
Bill Sauerwein and Grant Mabie obtained Summary Judgment on behalf of a national title insurer that was sued in Greene County, Missouri. The Plaintiff argued that the policy of title insurance afforded Plaintiff a defense and indemnity in ancillary litigation. The...
Stewart Schneider and Adam Stockberger recently resolved a lender’s title insurance claim whereby the insured’s property was mistakenly encumbered by the neighboring owner’s warranty deed and deed of trust. A judgment was obtained correcting the legal descriptions in...
Bill Sauerwein and associates Anne Kelly and Mike Schroer combined efforts to obtain a dismissal of claims filed in the United States District Court against the FDIC. The case involved an attempt by a partnership to invalidate a multi million dollar deed of trust...
