Panel Finds UCL, Other Claims Over Failed Condo Project Were Time-Barred

Mealey's (March 21, 2018, 1:10 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California appeals panel on March 16 affirmed a trial court’s grant of demurrer to a title company on claims for violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL), negligent misrepresentation and other causes of action in relation to its disbursement of escrow funds for a condominium project, finding that the claims were all time-barred and that the purchasers failed to show that the title company violated any specific escrow instruction (James Holliday, et al. v. Stewart Title of California, Inc., No. D072109, Calif. App., 4th Dist., Div. 1, 2018 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1721)....