Borrower’s Fee Claims In Foreclosure Case Deemed Duplicative Of Prior Case

(February 8, 2024, 1:53 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — A federal judge in Washington dismissed the remaining claims and counterclaims by a borrower who alleges that the assignee and servicer of his mortgage violated the Washington Consumer Protection Act (WCPA) when rolling attorney fees from the borrower’s earlier Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) case into his loan payoff amount, finding that claims were “duplicative of relief available and properly sought” in an earlier action; the judge directed the clerk to reopen the earlier action “for that limited purpose.”...