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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Ind. Courts - "Knightstown couple who lost home allege document 'robo-signers' aided lenders"

Jeff Swiatek of the Indianapolis Star reports today:

An Indianapolis law firm has filed one of the first suits in the nation seeking class-action status in its case against mortgage lenders and servicers who used questionable tactics in thousands of home foreclosures. * * *

Richard E. Shevitz, a Cohen and Malad attorney, said he's fielding calls from dozens of other lawyers and homeowners asking how they might join the lawsuit or file a similar one.

The lawsuit, filed this week in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, must be certified as a class action by a court before it can be opened to other plaintiffs. That could take months or even years.

"We'll try to move this case forward as aggressively as we can," Shevitz said.

The plaintiff in the lawsuit is a Knightstown couple, Dwayne and Melisa Davis, who allege that two affidavits filed by their lender in their foreclosure were signed by "robo-signers" known to have scribbled their signatures on hundreds or thousands of foreclosure documents without personally reading them and sometimes using different titles and employer names.

Here is a copy of the 26-page lawsuit filed Oct. 19, 2010 in Davis v. Countrywide Home Loans.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 21, 2010 01:38 PM
Posted to Indiana Courts