Fidelity National Being Sued by U.S.
<i> Times Staff and Wire Reports</i>
Fidelity National Financial Inc., which was hit last month with a class-action lawsuit filed by the state of California, is facing a similar federal suit.
Both actions allege that the Irvine title insurer overcharged home buyers for services and illegally kept interest earned on escrow funds.
The federal suit was filed Thursday by the San Francisco law firm Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein on behalf of Betty P. Lopez-Jurado, a Fidelity customer in San Francisco who said she lost interest on escrow funds, and others like her.
An attorney for Fidelity denied any wrongdoing and said the company hopes to settle the state’s lawsuit soon. Fidelity was sued May 19 by state Controller Kathleen Connell.
