Lender: Fraud Claim Fails To Show That Misstatements Were Knowingly Made

Mealey's (December 22, 2021, 2:03 PM EST) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — A borrower alleging that her mortgage lender mishandled her mortgage loan application, causing her to lose out on the purchase of a home, has failed to cure the pleading deficiencies that led to a prior dismissal of her fraud claim because she has not shown that the lender’s alleged misrepresentations were knowingly made as required, the lender argues in a Dec. 21 motion to dismiss filed in Oregon federal court....