SOIFER v. CHICAGO TITLE COMPANY
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1698443-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <html ><br /> <head><br /> <title>SOIFER v</title><br /> </head><br /> <body><br /> <div><br /> <br/><b >SOIFER</b><b > v.</b><b > CHICAGO TITLE COMPANY</b><b ></b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Filed 8/13/10<br /> <br/><b ><i > </i></b><br /> <br/><b ><i > </i></b><br /> <br/><b ><i > </i></b><br /> <br/><b ><i > </i></b><br /> <br/><b ><i > </i></b><br /> <br/><b ><i >CERTIFIED FOR<br /> PUBLICATION</i></b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>DIVISION THREE<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0<br /> ><br /> <tr ><br /> <td width=319 valign=top ><br /> <br/>BEN SOIFER,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> Plaintiff<br /> and Appellant,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> v.<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>CHICAGO TITLE COMPANY et al.,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> Defendants<br /> and Respondents.<br /> <br/> <br /> </td><br /> <td width=319 valign=top ><br /> <br/> B217956<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> (Los Angeles County<br /> <br/> Super.<br /> Ct. No. BC405970)<br /> <br/><br><br /> <br><br /> ORDER MODIFYING OPINION<br><br /> <br><br /> [NO CHANGE IN JUDGMENT]<br /> </td><br /> </tr><br /> </table><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>THE COURT:<br /> <br/> It is ordered that the<br /> opinion filed herein on August 10, 2010 is modified<br /> as follows:<br /> <br/> On page 7, please delete<br /> the entire paragraph beginning: Prior<br /> to the enactment of Insurance Code sections 12340.10 and 12340.11, and replace<br /> with the following:<br /> <br/> Prior<br /> to the enactment of Insurance Code sections 12340.10 and 12340.11, caselaw had<br /> held that a preliminary title report is the equivalent of an abstract of title,<br /> and that a title insurer could be liable in negligence for its failure to list<br /> all recorded encumbrances in a preliminary title report. (<i >Southland,<br /> supra, </i>231 Cal.App.3d at p. 535.) <br /> However, in 1981, the Legislature enacted Insurance Code<br /> sections 12340.10 and 12340.11 in order to â€