Defendant gets new trial without having to prove bribe-taking judge was biased, 7th Circuit rules
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On March 1st, Florida's Third District Court of Appeal affirmatively held that a mortgage holder who fails to prove its standing to foreclose is not liable to a defendant borrower for prevailing party attorney's fees. The Fitzgerald holding is succinct but immensely significant: “[b]ecause [the Borrower] successfully obtained a judgment below that the [Plaintiff] lacked […]
On December 2, 2016, Florida's Fifth District Court of Appeal filed an opinion overturning a foreclosure sale on grounds that the foreclosing bank failed to meet with the borrower in person prior to filing suit, as required by HUD regulations. See Palma v. Foreclosure News
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