5th Circuit: Woman’s Bankruptcy Filings Tolled Limitations For Foreclosure

Mealey's (December 16, 2019, 3:00 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 10 affirmed a summary judgment ruling in favor of a lender and loan servicer, holding that a woman’s multiple filings for bankruptcy tolled the four-year statute of limitations for the lender’s counterclaim for judicial foreclosure (Sharon D. Rose v. Select Portfolio Servicing Inc., et al., No. 19-50598, 5th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 36574)....