Woman’s Failure To Allege Damages Fatal To RESPA Claim, Judge Rules

(January 7, 2020, 5:06 PM EST) -- FORT WORTH, Texas — A federal judge in Texas on Dec. 13 awarded summary judgment to Wells Fargo Bank N.A. on a woman’s claim that the lender violated the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), ruling that while it is unclear if the bank properly responded to her loan modification application, her failure to allege damages was fatal to her cause of action (Jerri Gooden v. Wells Fargo Bank N.A., No. 19-cv-00244-P, N.D. Texas, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 214821)....