Magistrate Judge: Mortgage Owner Failed To Retain Reliable Handwriting Testimony

(January 8, 2016, 11:35 AM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A mortgage owner failed to obtain sufficient expert testimony on handwriting to support his claim that a 2004 loan was fraudulently generated and, thus, his mortgage lenders are liable for the fraud, an Ohio federal magistrate judge held Jan. 6, recommending that summary judgment be granted to the lenders because there are no genuine issues of material fact (Kalemba Balimunkwe v. Bank of America, N.A., as successor to First Franklin Financial Corp., et al., No. 14-327, S.D. Ohio; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 981)....