Victimized Homeowner "A Piece Of Garbage!", Judge "A Bleeding Heart Liberal!", Court Ruling "A Disgrace!", Says Attorney For Equity Stripping Clients

A recent story in the New Jersey Law Journal reported on how a foreclosure rescue operator group was slammed in a civil lawsuit for screwing a financially strapped Marva Coleman out of the equity in her home while she lay seriously ill in a hospital bed after being initially admitted into the hospital through the emergency room.

The following excerpt, buried at the end of the story, describes the apparent hard feelings of the attorney representing the losing sale leaseback peddlers after Bergen County, New Jersey Chancery Division Judge Ellen Koblitz gave his clients a well-deserved hammering:

• The lawyer for Kohout, Gentles and Salvation, Verona, N.J., solo practitioner Peter Caplan, calls Coleman "a piece of garbage" and said she "participated in this transaction, she profited from this transaction, she was fully aware of this transaction, and it's a disgrace that the judge found my clients did anything wrong." Caplan says Coleman was coherent when she signed the documents in the hospital.

• Caplan says of Koblitz, "the judge is a bleeding heart liberal who used to be a public advocate. The judge's mind was made up long before the trial began." He says no decision has been made whether to appeal.

Source: Mortgage Rescue Firm Hit With Punitive Damages, Attorney Fees.

For Judge Koblitz' court ruling, see One West Bank, FSB v. Capo, Docket No. F-5952-09 (N.J. Super. Chancery Div., Bergen County, July 19, 2010) (when link expires, try here).