Judge: Couple Sufficiently State RESPA, Debt Collection Claims Against Servicer

Mealey's (March 31, 2020, 9:26 AM EDT) -- MIAMI — A federal judge in Florida on March 24 denied a loan servicer’s motion to dismiss a couple’s causes of action for violations of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and Florida Consumer Collection Practice Act (FCCPA) after finding that the plaintiffs’ allegations that the loan servicer sent payoff statements with different amounts sufficiently stated claims under the statutes (Francisco Roche, et al. v. Rushmore Loan Management Services LLC, et al., No. 19-cv-24872, M.D. Fla., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53889)....