Title Insurer: Decision To Bar Evidence As To Exclusion Had ‘Devastating’ Impact

Mealey's (January 24, 2017, 5:09 PM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — A title insurer has appealed a lower federal court’s judgment against it for more than $9 million in damages, attorney fees and costs for breach of contract and vexatious refusal to pay claims against it, arguing that the lower court denied it the right to present its key defense by barring evidence as to a policy exclusion (Captiva Lake Investments LLC v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Co., Nos. 16-1854 and 16-1923, 8th Cir.)....