Mealey's (December 21, 2016, 11:55 AM EST) -- DETROIT — A Michigan federal judge on Dec. 20 adopted a magistrate judge's recommendation that the majority of claims asserted by former property owners against two loan companies in relation to the foreclosure of their property be dismissed, but found that their cause of action for violation of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) should be allowed to proceed (Rodney Helm, et al. v. Freedom Mortgage Corporation, et al., No. 15-cv-12394, E.D. Mich.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 175450)....