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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
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Case Number
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Date Filed |
Date of Activity |
Link to Story |
| Investors Warranty of America, Inc. |
R.E. Loans, LLC |
Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six |
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Judgment in favor of plaintiff reversed on appeal. |
R.E. Loans, LLC, Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent, v. Investors Warranty of America, Inc., et al., Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants |
B234384, 212 Cal.App.4th 1432 (2013), 151 Cal. Rptr. 3d 799 |
na |
1/23/2013 |
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Mortgage Electronic
Registrations Systems, Inc., and America’s Wholesale Lender |
The Fidelity Land Trust as Trustee Under Land Trust No. 00004, Dated Decemberr 12, 2011, a Florida Land Trust |
The Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, in and for Palm Beach County |
na |
Defendants’ Motion for Sanctions Against Plaintiff granted. |
Fidelity Land Trust v. MERS |
502012CA005543XXXX MB AI |
na |
1/31/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
Mortgage Electronic
Registrations Systems, Inc., etc., et al. |
Heritage National Land Trust, LLC as Trustee for Florida Land Trust No. 02010 Dated April 4, 2012 |
The Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, in and for Palm Beach County |
na |
Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss granted. |
Heritage v. MERS |
502012CA010319XXXXMBAG |
na |
1/29/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| Scott A. Byrkit, Appellant, Kelly Ann Byrkit, Scott Alan Byrkit |
U. S. Bank, N. A. |
Court of Appeals of Minnesota |
na |
District court’s grant of declaratory relief to the bank affirmed, but denial of motion for relief, third party claims and counterclaims reversed. |
U. S. Bank, N. A., Respondent, v. Scott A. Byrkit, Appellant, Kelly Ann Byrkit, et al., Defendants, and Scott Alan Byrkit, Appellant, v. U. S. Bank, N. A., Respondent, Wilford & Geske, P. A., et al., Respondents |
A12-0972 |
Oct 2011 |
2/11/2013 |
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| The Superior Court of Orange County |
Bank of America, N.A., et al. |
Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three; Superior Court of Orange County |
na |
Appeals court finds trial court erred in denying petitioner’s motion to quash subpoenas on the basis of attorney-client privelage. |
Bank of America, N.A., et al., Petitioners, v. The Superior Court of Orange County, Respondent; Pacific City Bank, Real Party in Interest |
G046829., 212 Cal.App.4th 1076 (2013), 151 Cal. Rptr. 3d 526 |
na |
1/15/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |
Aristo Mortgage, LLC |
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District |
$176,000 |
Denial of defendant’s motion to vacate judgment reversed on appeal. |
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Appellant, v. Aristo Mortgage, LLC, etc., Appellee |
3D12-3012; 110 So.3d 99 (2013) |
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3/20/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |
Howard Ross |
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama, Madison Circuit Court |
na |
Appeals court reversed trial court’s summary judgment in favor of Defendant. |
Howard Ross
v.
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |
2111182 |
March 2008 |
3/1/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| Julia DiNova, JPMC SPECIALITY MORTGAGE LLC |
Trustco Bank |
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department |
$150,000 |
Appeals court reversed trial court’s decision in favor of plaintiff. |
Trustco Bank, Respondent, v. Julia DiNova, Respondent, and JPMC Specialty Mortgage LLC, Appellant |
515320; 104 A.D.3d 1117 |
Sep. 2009 |
3/28/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| Green Tree Servicing LLC |
Regenald Simmons and Lisa Simmons |
Court of Appeals of Mississippi, Panola County Circuit Court, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Mississippi |
$30,000 |
Reversed Circuit Court’s denial of defendant’s motion to compel and remanded case. |
Green Tree Servicing LLC, Appellant, v. Regenald Simmons and Lisa Simmons, Appellees |
2010-CA-01844-COA |
2004 |
2/26/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| Bank of America |
Arvest Bank |
Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division I |
na |
Summary Judgment in favor of Defendant affirmed. |
Arvest Bank, Appellant, v. Bank of America, N.A, Appellee |
CA12-612 |
5/15/2011 |
2/20/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| na |
Gary Crane, Marsa Crane |
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Illinois |
na |
Bankruptcy ruling that voided mortgages because of missing interest rate was reversed by district court. |
In re. Crane |
11-90592 |
na |
2/28/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| The Bank of Commerce, Duane L. Yost, Lori Yost, Duane L. Yost as Trustee of the Duane L. Yost Trust |
Darryl Harris, Christine Harris |
Supreme Court of Idaho |
na |
District court’s judgment in favor of plaintiff affirmed. |
Darryl Harris and Christine Harris, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The Bank of Commerce, an Idaho corporation, Defendant-Respondent, and Duane L. Yost and Lori Yost, husband and wife; Duane L. Yost as Trustee of the Duane L. Yost Trust, Defendants |
Docket No. 39204-2011, 2013 Opinion No. 36 |
na |
3/29/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| Buncombe Professional Park LLC, David DeCarlis |
Independence National Bank |
Court of Appeals of South Carolina |
$1,650,000 |
Decision in favor of plaintiff reversed on appeal. |
Independence National Bank, Respondent, v. Buncombe Professional Park, LLC, and David DeCarlis, s/a David D. DeCarlis, Appellants |
Opinion No. 5090 |
na |
2/20/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| Citizens National Bank |
Rick Williams, Sr. |
Court of Appeals of Kentucky, Bath Circuit Court |
na |
Appeals court affirmed trial court’s summary judgment in favor of plaintiff. |
Citizens National Bank, Appellant, v. Rick Williams, Sr., Appellee. |
2011-CA-001170-MR |
na |
3/29/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| Ray WM. Palmter |
First National Bank of Layton |
Court of Appeals of Utah |
$975,000 |
Reversed trial court’s summary judgment in favor of plaintiff. |
First National Bank of Layton, Plaintiff and Appellee,
v.
Ray WM. Palmter, Defendant and Appellant |
20110338-CA |
July 2009 |
2/28/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| RBS Mortgage, LLC |
Ramiro Gonzalez Jr. |
Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourth District, San Antonio |
|
Appeals Court affirmed Trial Court’s judgment that defendant did not have right to foreclose. |
RBS Mortgage, LLC, Appellant,
v.
Ramiro Gonzalez Jr., Appellee |
04-11-00681-CV |
na |
2/27/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| IndyMac Mortgage Services |
Tellado |
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit |
$10,000 |
Order granting defendant’s motion for the return of $10,000 deposited into the registry of the court was entered. |
Tellado v. IndyMac Mortgage Services |
2:09-cv-05022 |
na |
3/20/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCompliance052113 |
| MERS |
Kentucky AG Conway |
Commonwealth of Kentucky, Franklin Circuit Court |
na |
Complaint filed. |
Kentucky AG Conway v. MERS |
13-CI-00060 |
Jan. |
1/23/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationFees042513 |
| MERSCORP, Inc., n/k/a MERSCORP Holdings, Inc., et al |
Jackson County, Missouri, by and through W. Stephen Nixon, Jackson County Counselor |
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, Western Division |
na |
Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is granted. |
Jackson County, Missouri, by and through W. Stephen Nixon, Jackson County Counselor, Plaintiff, vs. MERSCORP, Inc., n/k/a MERSCORP Holdings, Inc., et al., Defendants |
12-0665-CV-W-ODS |
na |
1/14/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| MERSCORP, Inc.; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.; JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.; Bank of America Corporation; Bank of America, N.A.; RBS Citizens, N.A.; RBS Securities, Inc.; Citigroup, Inc.; CitiMortgage, Inc.; CitiBank, Inc., N.A.; Deutsche Bank National Trust Company; Everbank; GMAC Mortgage, LLC; HSBC Bank USA, N.A.; Keybank National Association; Nationwide Advantage Mortgage Corporation; SunTrust Mortgage, Inc.; U.S. Bank National Association; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.; and Defendants DOE Corporations 1 – 100, Defendants |
Union County; State of illinois ex rel; Tyler Edmonds State’s Attorney for the County of Union; and Bobby Toler Clerk of the County of Union and on behalf of the County of Union, Illinois and all Counties in Illinois |
United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois |
na |
The action was DISMISSED as to all Defendants except GMAC Mortgage, LLC, which did not move for dismissal and Judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b) shall enter accordingly. |
Union County, Illinois; People of the State of illinois ex rel; Tyler Edmonds State’s Attorney for the County of Union; and Bobby Toler Clerk of the County of Union and on behalf of the County of Union, Illinois and all Counties in Illinois, Plaintiffs v. MERSCORP, Inc.; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.; JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.; Bank of America Corporation; Bank of America, N.A.; RBS Citizens, N.A.; RBS Securities, Inc.; Citigroup, Inc.; CitiMortgage, Inc.; CitiBank, Inc., N.A.; Deutsche Bank National Trust Company; Everbank; GMAC Mortgage, LLC; HSBC Bank USA, N.A.; Keybank National Association; Nationwide Advantage Mortgage Corporation; SunTrust Mortgage, Inc.; U.S. Bank National Association; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.; and Defendants DOE Corporations 1 – 100, Defendants |
3:12-cv-00665-GPM-SCW |
na |
1/30/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| HSBC Bank USA, N.A. |
Jodi B. Matt |
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk |
na |
Judgment for entry and sale vacated and matter remanded to the Land Court for further proceedings consistent with opinion. |
HSBC Bank USA, N.A., trustee, v. Jodi B. Matt |
SJC-11101, 464 Mass. 193 (2013) |
na |
1/14/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| Jodi B. Matt |
HSBC Bank USA, N.A. |
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk |
na |
Judgment in favor of plaintiff overturned on appeal. |
HSBC BANK USA, N.A. v. MATT |
SJC-11101 |
na |
1/14/13 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| Andre Barbosa |
Bank of America |
Palm Beach County Court |
$2,500,000 |
Complaint filed. |
na |
na |
Feb. 2013 |
Feb. 2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/MctLawsuitBoaSquatter042413 |
| Andre Soleil, also known as Andre S. Soleil, et al., Respondents, et al. |
Beltway Capital, LLC |
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department |
$625,000 |
Order in favor of defendant reversed on appeal. |
Beltway Capital, LLC, Appellant, v. Andre Soleil, also known as Andre S. Soleil, et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants |
2011-02773, 104 A.D.3d 628 (2013), 961 N.Y.S.2d 225, 2013 NY Slip Op 1366 |
na |
3/6/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| Capital One, N.A., David N. Prensky, Esq. (“Prensky”), Ida Williams |
Wanda Busby in her official capacity as the District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds |
United States District Court for the District of Columbia |
na |
Plaintiff’s motion to remand denied, Defendant’s motion granted-in-part and denied-in-part |
Wanda Busby, Plaintiff, v. Capital One, N.A., et al. Defendants |
1:11-cv-01172-CKK |
na |
3/25/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| Gary T. Bradley, Jaclyn R. Bradley, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., and GSF Mortgage Corporation, Defendants-Respondents, Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Defendant |
Associated Bank, N.A. |
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, District III |
na |
Judgment in favor of defendants affirmed on appeal. |
Associated Bank, N.A., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gary T. Bradley, Jaclyn R. Bradley, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., and GSF Mortgage Corporation, Defendants-Respondents, Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Defendant |
2012AP81 |
na |
1/23/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| HERMINA CASTRO, STEVEN CASTRO, CHRISTOPHER CASTRO, ESTEBAN CASTRO |
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE ASSET BACKED SECURITIES CORPORATION HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES NC 2005-HE8, ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES NC 2005-HE8 |
Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii |
na |
Judgment in favor of plaintiff vacated in memorandum opinion. |
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE ASSET BACKED SECURITIES CORPORATION HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES NC 2005-HE8, ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES NC 2005-HE8, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HERMINA CASTRO, STEVEN CASTRO, CHRISTOPHER CASTRO, and ESTEBAN CASTRO, Defendants-Appellants, and JOHN DOES 1-50, and JANE DOES 1-50, Defendants |
CAAP-11-0001104 and CAAP-11-0001105 |
8/24/2011 |
3/14/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.; a Delaware corporation; Recontrust Company N.A.; Bank of America, N.A., a Delaware corporation (fdba Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., a New York corporation (fdba America’s Wholesale Lender, a fictitious business name): and DOES 1-10, as individuals or entities with a purported interest in the property commonly known as 280 Horizon Drive, Boise, Idaho 83702 |
Jill Washburn |
District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the State of Idaho, in and for the County of Ada |
na |
Judgment for plaintiff on count 1, which contended foreclosure sale invalid. Judgment for plaintiff for defendants on counts 2-4. |
Jill Washburn v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.; a Delaware corporation; Recontrust Company N.A.; Bank of America, N.A., a Delaware corporation (fdba Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., a New York corporation (fdba America’s Wholesale Lender, a fictitious business name): and DOES 1-10, as individuals or entities with a purported interest in the property commonly known as 280 Horizon Drive, Boise, Idaho 83702 |
CV OC 2012-16216 |
na |
2/7/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| Paul L. Norris |
HSBC Bank USA, N.A. |
Appeals Court of Massachusetts |
na |
Trial court summary judgment in favor of plaintiff vacated on appeal. |
HSBC Bank USA, N.A. v. Norris |
11-P-1916 |
na |
2/28/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| Regions Bank; The Stephens Family Limited Partnership; Kathryn Stephens; Rachel Stephens; Alex Stephens; Jennifer Stephens; Joshua Stephens, Minor; and Greg Stephens |
Chase Bank USA |
Supreme Court of Arkansas |
$308,828 |
Order granting partial summary judgment in favor of defendants was reversed and case was remanded. |
Chase Bank USA, N.A, Appellant, v. Regions Bank; The Stephens Family Limited Partnership; Kathryn Stephens; Rachel Stephens; Alex Stephens; Jennifer Stephens; Joshua Stephens, Minor; and Greg Stephens, Individually and as a parent and next friend of the above minor, Appellees |
No. 11-900 |
na |
3/28/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., U.S. Bank, N.A. |
Melissa A. Juarez |
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit |
na |
Dismissal of complaint reversed on appeal. |
Melissa A. Juarez, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, on Behalf of the Holders if the Asset Backed Securities Corporation Home Equity Loan Trust, Series NC 2005-HE8, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series NC 2005-HE8, Defendants, Appellees |
11-2431 |
10/29/2010 |
2/12/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| United States of America, Department of Treasury, Judge Tena Campbell Internal Revenue Service, Tracey D. Cotner |
Regions Bank, |
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Knoxville |
na |
Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment denied. |
Regions Bank, Plaintiff,
v.
United States of America, Department of Treasury, Judge Tena Campbell Internal Revenue Service, and Tracey D. Cotner, Defendants |
3:12-cv-21 |
na |
2/20/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| Maribel Monroy |
Heritage Pacific Financial, LLC |
Court of Appeal of the State of California, First Appellate District, Division Two |
$89,490 |
Trial court’s judgment in favor of defendant affirmed. |
Heritage Pacific Financial, LLC,
Plaintiff, Cross-defendant, and
Appellant,
v.
Maribel Monroy,
Defendant, Cross-complainant, and
Respondent |
A135274, A136043 (Contra Costa County
Super. Ct. No. C10-01607) |
6/1/2010 |
3/29/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| Vincent J. Langman; Abdul Rehman Hamidani; Wells Fargo Financial Illinois, Inc., f/k/a Northwest Financial Illinois, Inc.; TCF National Bank; Joyce Hamidani; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants |
The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Holders of EQCC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2001-2 |
Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District |
na |
Circuit Court’s judgment affirmed. |
The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Holders of EQCC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2001-2, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vincent J. Langman; Abdul Rehman Hamidani; Wells Fargo Financial Illinois, Inc., f/k/a Northwest Financial Illinois, Inc.; TCF National Bank; Joyce Hamidani; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants, Defendants, (JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association, as the Purchaser of the Loans and Other Assets of Washington Mutual Bank, f/k/a Washington Mutual Bank, FA, from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Intervenor-Appellant) |
2-12-0609 |
na |
3/20/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
| Thomas Kontogiannis, Chicago Title Insurance Company, Inc. |
DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc. |
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department |
na |
Plaintiff’s allegations dismissed. |
DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc., Respondent, v. Thomas Kontogiannis et al., Defendants, and Chicago Title Insurance Company, Inc., et al., Appellants |
9007, 104675/10 |
na |
1/15/2013 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/TitleInsuranceLawsuits1q2013 |
