Judge’s Ruling Awarding Summary Judgment To Bank Upheld By 5th Circuit

Mealey's (July 10, 2020, 10:33 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on July 7 upheld a federal judge in Texas’ ruling awarding summary judgment to Bank of New York Mellon (BONYM) on a couple’s claims for promissory estoppel and fraud after finding that the appellants failed to provide sufficient evidence that a lender promised to modify their home loan (Enrique Valenzuela, et al. v. Bank of New York Mellon, No. 19-40591, 5th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 21118)....