(March 9, 2016, 1:12 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A trial judge did not err in allowing a lawyer to testify about his meeting with a plaintiff regarding signatures for mortgage loan documents, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 8, affirming a verdict in favor of mortgage companies on a fraud claim (Linda D. Crawford v. Tribeca Lending Corp., et al., No. 15-1403, 2nd Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 4305)....