Mealey's (January 11, 2021, 2:17 PM EST) -- HOUSTON — Without providing any further opinion, a federal judge in Texas on Jan. 7 issued an order adopting a magistrate judge’s recommendation that he substantially grant summary judgment in favor of a mortgage lender and two loan servicers in a loan modification lawsuit brought by borrowers who contend that the defendants violated state and federal law in the handling and processing of loan modification program applications for the borrowers after flood damage to their home rendered them unable to make their mortgage payments....