|
Defendant
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Plaintiff
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Court
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Amount
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Overview
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Case Title |
Case Number
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Date Filed |
Link to StoryLink to Story |
| Evie Kontos |
American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc. |
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District |
n/a |
Final summary judgment in favor of plaintiff vacated by the District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District because the record contains no evidence of any assignment or comparable transaction. |
Kontos v. American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc. |
1D09-2803 |
8/10/10 |
https://www.mortgagedaily.com/litigationforeclosure092210.asp |
| Jeanetta Brunson |
Bank of New York |
Court of Appeals of Ohio, 9th District |
n/a |
Bank of New York failed to file a brief in response to a merit brief on an appeal of a foreclosure–decision was reversed and remanded. |
Bank of New York v. Brunson |
25118 |
n/a |
https://www.mortgagedaily.com/litigationforeclosure092210.asp |
| Mark R. Watkins |
Citimortgage, Inc. |
Court of Appeals of Iowa |
$30,001 |
Citi is seeking to reverse a lien release and judgment satisfaction and to have a local sheriff’s foreclosure sale set aside after its bid was misread and the foreclosed property was sold for less than its intended bid. |
Citimortgage, Inc. v. Watkins |
0-295/09-1788 |
6/30/10 |
https://www.mortgagedaily.com/litigationforeclosure092210.asp |
| Jon E. Saunders, Belinda L. Saunders |
Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. |
Supreme Court of Maine |
n/a |
Supreme Court vacated a summary judgment in favor of Deutsche Bank where Deutsche was substituted as a party while motion for summary judgment was pending. |
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. v. Saunders |
Cum-09-605.2010 ME 79 |
n/a |
https://www.mortgagedaily.com/litigationforeclosure092210.asp |
| Carole H. Veneret |
Foreclosure Advisors, LLC |
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District |
n/a |
Denial of motion for satisfaction of judgment was reversed, with court noting that there was a proper exercise of the right of redemption. But trial court’s decision to enter final judgment and order denying Verneret’s motion to dismiss were affirmed. |
Verneret v. Foreclosure Advisors, LLC |
3D09-387 |
n/a |
https://www.mortgagedaily.com/litigationforeclosure092210.asp |
| Glazy Ruscalleda |
HSBC Bank |
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District |
n/a |
Court of Appeal reversed a final summary judgment in favor of HSBC where both HSBC and American Home Mortgage Servicing Inc. simultaneously attempted to foreclose on the same mortgage. |
Ruscalleda v. HSBC Bank USA |
3D09-997 |
9/15/10 |
https://www.mortgagedaily.com/litigationforeclosure092210.asp |
| Wells Fargo & First American Real Estate Information Services Inc. |
Jillian Winterberg |
Florida State Court (Indian River County) |
n/a |
Wells Fargo is alleged to have changed the locks on a home a month before it initiated a foreclosure action. |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
https://www.mortgagedaily.com/litigationforeclosure092210.asp |
| Tarry Gullett |
National City Bank |
Court of Appeals of Ohio, 10th District |
n/a |
Foreclosed homeowner was able to appeal summary judgment in favor of National City where clause in deed afforded him first right of refusal. |
National City Bank v. Welch |
09AP-1203 |
n/a |
https://www.mortgagedaily.com/litigationforeclosure092210.asp |
| Bogdan Bjeljac |
U.S. Bank |
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District |
n/a |
U.S. Bank sought to vacate a certificate of sale and set the sale aside after it failed to send a representative to a public sale of a Florida property that it had obtained a final judgment foreclosure on, and the property was sold to a third party. |
U.S. Bank National Association v. Bogdan Bjeljac, et al. |
5D09-2809 |
Opinion filed 9/30/2010 |
https://www.mortgagedaily.com/litigationforeclosure092210.asp |
| John W. Richards, Patricia Richards |
U.S. Bank |
Court of Appeals of Ohio, 9th District |
n/a |
Court of Appeals reversed a lower court foreclosure judgment where U.S. Bank initially failed to submit a copy of the note–appellate court found that the trial court never ruled on Richard’s motion for a more definite statement. |
U.S. Bank N.A. v. Richards |
25052 |
8/25/10 |
https://www.mortgagedaily.com/litigationforeclosure092210.asp |
| Litton Loan Servicing, L.P. |
Camille Gburek |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit |
n/a |
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s decision to dismiss a suit, finding that in order to be covered by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a communication made “in connection with the collection of any debt” need not expli |
Gburek v. Litton Loan Servicing, L.P. |
No. 08-3776 |
7/27/10 |
https://www.mortgagedaily.com/litigationforeclosure092210.asp, https://www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationModifications092810.asp |
| The Guardian Group LLC |
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard |
Maricopa County Superior Court |
n/a |
Complaint filed. Allegation of deceptive claims. |
Figuera et al. v. Stern |
o:10-cv-61296 |
n/a |
https://www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationForeclosureFirms092210.asp |
| David J. Stern |
Ignacio Figuera et al. |
U.S. District for the Southern District of Florida |
n/a |
Alleged RICO violation by defendants who generated fraudulent mortgage assignments when pursuing foreclosures. |
Figuera et al. v. Stern |
o:10-cv-61296 |
n/a |
https://www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationForeclosureFirms092210.asp |
| Foreclosure Relief Services National of Indianapolis |
Indiana Attorney General Gregory Zoeller |
n/a |
n/a |
Complaint filed alleging foreclosure prevention company violated new state law requiring $25,000 bond to be posted with the attorney general in order to do business in the state. |
n/a |
n/a |
8/6/10 |
https://www.mortgagedaily.com/MctLawsuitInFc080810.asp |
| group of eight interrelated companies and individuals in Florida |
Indiana Attorney General Gregory Zoeller |
n/a |
n/a |
Complaint filed alleging foreclosure prevention company violated new state law requiring $25,000 bond to be posted with the attorney general in order to do business in the state. |
n/a |
n/a |
8/6/10 |
https://www.mortgagedaily.com/MctLawsuitInFc080810.asp |
| Home Loan Modification of San Diego |
Indiana Attorney General Gregory Zoeller |
n/a |
n/a |
Complaint filed alleging foreclosure prevention company violated new state law requiring $25,000 bond to be posted with the attorney general in order to do business in the state. |
n/a |
n/a |
8/6/10 |
https://www.mortgagedaily.com/MctLawsuitInFc080810.asp |
| Luddy Brito Garcia, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. |
IndyMac Bank F.S.B. |
Suffolk County Supreme Court |
n/a |
Plaintiff lender was unable to foreclose on a mortgage due to failure to prove mortgage note ownership. |
IndyMac Bank F.S.B. v. Garcia |
2010 NY Slip Op 51127u |
6/22/10 |
https://www.mortgagedaily.com/PbForeclosureNy072810.asp |
| GMAC Mortgage LLC |
Steven Archibald, et al. |
Superior Court of Maine, Cumberland |
n/a |
Plaintiff homeowners have sued GMAC for action in connection with the “robo-signing” of certifications and affidavits supporting summary judgment motions in foreclosure actions. |
Archibald v. GMAC Mortgage, LLC |
n/a |
10/1/10 |
https://www.mortgagedaily.com/MctGmacForeclosure092310.asp |
| United First, Inc.; MW Roth, PLC; Paul Noe; Mitchell Roth |
People of the State of California |
Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles |
$1,100,000 |
Judgment obtained in case where attorney accused of filing frivolous and phony lawsuits. |
People v. United First, Inc. |
BC 417194 |
8/12/10 |
https://www.mortgagedaily.com/subscribe/login.asp?msg=Please%20Login |
| Norton Helton |
United States of America |
U.S. District Court for the North District of Illinois Eastern Division |
n/a |
Attorney found guilty of taking money from distressed borrowers in a foreclosure scam. |
United States of America v. Norton Helton & Charles White |
No. 06 CR 763 |
7/13/10 |
https://www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationForeclosureFirms092210.asp |
| John Gilbert Mendoza |
People of the State of Hawaii |
U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii |
$883,389 |
Defendant was sentenced to six years in prison in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme involving two properties in Hawaii. |
n/a |
n/a |
7/30/10 |
https://www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationForeclosureFirms092210.asp |
