6th Circuit Reinstates Couple’s RESPA Claim, Upholds Dismissal Of FDCPA Claim

Mealey's (December 2, 2019, 10:05 AM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Nov. 26 reversed a federal judge in Ohio’s ruling awarding summary judgment to a loan servicer accused of violating the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), finding that the judge erred when finding that a portion of a woman’s deposition testimony was sufficient to show that the only actual damages she and her husband are seeking as a result of the alleged violations of the statute are the denial of loans for her small business (Ronald Lanton, et al. v. Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC, et al., No. 18-3709, 6th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 35362)....