Cal. Ct. App. 4th Dist. Div. 1 · Court of Appeal opinion · April 14, 2015
Related by Escrow InstructionsCourt record Court of Appeal opinion
Alereza v. Chicago Title — California Court of Appeal
California Court of Appeal, Third District · C075547
AmountNot statedAmount not stated in reviewed source.
ResultCourt of Appeal opinionCourt ruling
HingeEscrow InstructionsTeaches the boundary between escrow instructions, named escrow parties, and claimed duties to people outside the escrow file.
SourceCourt opinionPublished opinion
File-record question
Teaches the boundary between escrow instructions, named escrow parties, and claimed duties to people outside the escrow file.
Limit before takeaway
Published appellate opinion only. Nonsuit posture; use for nonparty-duty and escrow-instruction limits, not for broad conclusions about title-company conduct.
- Court / region
- Cal. Ct. App. 3d Dist.
- Case number
- C075547
- Filed
- December 9, 2016
- Source record
- Court opinion
- Procedural posture
- Court of Appeal opinion
- Money movement stage
- At release
- Record gap
- Source gap
- Strongest reviewed source
- Published opinion
- Allegation / finding status
- Court ruling
- Disposition
- Court of Appeal opinion
- Last posture checked
- 2026-05-31
- Reviewed
- 2026-05-31
What happened
Court reviewed whether Chicago Title owed a duty of care to a person who was not a party to the escrow or named in the escrow instructions.
What it hinged on
Escrow Instructions. Teaches the boundary between escrow instructions, named escrow parties, and claimed duties to people outside the escrow file.
Amount involved
Amount not stated in reviewed source.
Result
Court of Appeal opinion
Why this belongs here
Teaches the boundary between escrow instructions, named escrow parties, and claimed duties to people outside the escrow file.
Documents to inspect
- Escrow instructions
- Amendments
- Signature pages
- Closing statement
This list is inferred from the topic pattern, not asserted as an extracted document list for this case.
What the file needed to show
Current reviewed metadata frames the file issue this way:
Teaches the boundary between escrow instructions, named escrow parties, and claimed duties to people outside the escrow file.
Timeline
FiledDecember 9, 2016
Posture checked2026-05-31
Reviewed for Escrow Cases2026-05-31
Topics
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What this record does not show
This reviewed record does not show a court finding that any company or person did anything wrong unless the linked source expressly says so. Read the primary source for allegations, posture, and outcome.
Limit: Published appellate opinion only. Nonsuit posture; use for nonparty-duty and escrow-instruction limits, not for broad conclusions about title-company conduct.
Reviewed California court records with source links. Allegations are not findings.