Claims In Wells Fargo Forbearance Suit Dismissed, Sent To Bankruptcy Court

Mealey's (June 23, 2022, 2:24 PM EDT) -- ROANOKE, Va. — A federal judge in Virginia on June 21 dismissed several claims in a consumer class action lawsuit against Wells Fargo & Co. and Wells Fargo Bank NA in which the consumers alleged that their mortgage loans were improperly placed in forbearance without their permission during the COVID-19 pandemic, ruling that the consumers failed to sufficiently plead their claims or completely failed to defend their claims at all....