Majority Of Suit Over Failed Loan Modification Survives Dismissal

Mealey's (July 22, 2019, 12:06 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A federal judge in Washington on July 18 dismissed only a tort of outrage claim from a lawsuit brought by a woman and her son over a loan servicer’s refusal to offer them a home loan modification after they satisfied the terms of a trial period plan (TPP), after finding that the plaintiffs sufficiently alleged claims for breach of contract and violations of the Washington Consumer Protection Act and Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) (Mary Lou Grande v. U.S. Bank, N.A., et al., No. C19-333, W.D. Wash., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 120150)....