Borrower Claims In Quiet Title Suit Barred By Res Judicata Doctrine

(December 6, 2021, 9:33 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal district court did not err in dismissing a borrower’s claims against his purported mortgage lender and the servicer of the loan in a quiet title action because the lower court correctly determined that the borrower’s claims were barred by the doctrine of res judicata, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Nov. 24 in affirming....