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Acting as an escrow agent is a common task of lawyers in British Columbia, especially, the solicitor, as a component of transactions.2 The duties of a...
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WACO, Texas -- Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: LPHI) is pleased to announce that the Texas Banking Commissioner has granted a trust company c...
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- Lawrence Tyler, on Behalf of Himself and all Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James H. Douglas, Tobacco Settlement Escrow Agent, in His Official Capacity, William H. Sorrell, Attorney General of Vermont, in His Official Capacity, Eileen Elliot, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Social Welfare, in Her Official Capacity and Lori Collins, Third Party Liability Supervisor, Vermont Department of Social Welfare, in Her Official Capacity, Defendants-Appellees., 280 F.3d 116 (2nd Cir. 2001)
Antonio Ponvert III, Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder, P.C., Bridgeport, Conn. (Michael E. Cassidy, Richard T. Cassidy, Hoff, Curtis, Pacht, Cassidy & Frame, ...
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Kenneth Feinberg is the escrow administrator for the BP oil spill fund. It is an outrage that he is acting like he is BP's attorney by forcing people, if they accept an immediate payment, to forfeit their right to sue BP later for ongoing losses. This contradicts an earlier pledge by the Obama White House. It's also an outrage that Feinberg is telling those who participated in the cleanup effort that their income from those efforts would be subtracted from their potential claims for damages.
Harry Avakian
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Commercial Sale Of Property Breach Of Fiduciary Duty Earnest Money Where a seller of real property claimed that a title company breached its fiduciary duty and the seller sought $100,000 in liquidated damages, the terms of the purchase agreement named the title company as escrow agent and expressly provided that $100,000 earnest money was placed in a trust account by the title company to constitute liquidated damages in the event the buyer backed out of the transaction, so the title company owed the seller a fiduciary duty to either deposit the money or obtain the seller's permission to alter the terms of the agreement, and its admitted failure to do so constituted a breach, so the trial court properly entered judgment for the seller since contrary instructions from the buyer constitut...
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CIVIL - mortgage priority; R.C.5301.23(A); intent of parties; construction of contract; duty of escrow agent.
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- Harry T. Kradel; Marilene Kradel, His Wife, Appellants, v. Fox River Tractor Company, a Foreign Corporation; Fox Corporation, a Foreign Corporation; Piper Industries, Inc., a Foreign Corporation; Hiniker Company, a Foreign Corporation; Certified Parts, a Foreign Corporation; Amca/Koehring Company; Kent Reynolds, as Escrow Agent on Behalf of the Former Shareholders of Defendant Piper Industries, Inc. (Intervenor/Defendant in D.C.), v. Hiniker Company, Third Party Plaintiff, v. Amca/Koehring Company, Third Party Defendant., 308 F.3d 328 (3rd Cir. 2002)
Matthew L. Kurzweg (Argued), Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellants.
Wayne W. Ringeisen (Argued), Arnd N. von Waldow, Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, P...
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- Lois Strawser; Joyce Perry; James H. Sheppard; Mary Jean Booth; Joyce D. Barker; Betty Jean Gilman; Kathy Robertson, Individually and on Behalf of all Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Nancy v. Atkins, in Her Capacity as Commissioner of the Bureau of Medical Services, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources; Darrell W. Peters, in His Capacity as Supervisor, Third Party Liability Office of Administration, Accounts Receivable Unit of the Bureau for Medical Services, West Virginia Department of Health and Medical Services, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources; Paul L. Nusbaum, in His Capacity as Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources; Darrell v. Mcgraw, in His Capacity as Attorney General of the State of West Virginia; Citibank, N.A., Escrow Agent, Defendants-Appellees. Stephen Albert Joseph, Jr.; Selma Charlene Hatfield; Howard S. Miller; Annie Sams Mosteller; David Kay Mullins; Mamie Brewer; Brenda Carson, Personal ..., 290 F.3d 720 (4th Cir. 2002)
Before MOTZ and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and W. Craig BROADWATER, United States District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia, sitting by ...
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United Lender Services, a national title, settlement and escrow agent in Robinson, was purchased by USAA Real Estate Co., part of USAA, for an undisclosed price.
United Lender has 65 employees, said spokesman Roger Wildermuth. The company will remain in Pittsburgh, he said.
