Judge Refuses To Remand Class Action Suit Over Loan Servicer’s Calls

Mealey's (July 23, 2019, 1:38 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A putative class action suit against Select Portfolio Servicing Inc. (SPS) over phone calls it made to borrowers who were behind on their mortgage payments should stay in federal court, a federal judge in Massachusetts ruled July 19, finding that the damages sought by the class exceed $5 million and that jurisdiction is proper under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) (Allen Alper, et al. v. Select Portfolio Servicing Inc., No. 19-cv-10436-DJC, D. Mass., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 120411)....