Alabama Woman Files Federal Suit Accusing BofA Of Jerk-Around In Loan Mod Process; Action Joins Others Transferred To Boston For Pre-Trial Proceedings

(This a revision of a story posted earlier today & reflects a revision of footnote 1)

In Mobile, Alabama, the Mobile Press Register reports:

• A Mobile woman is suing Bank of America and its home lending service, claiming it wrongfully attempted to foreclose on her house after breaking an agreement to modify her loan.

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• Kimberley George filed suit in U.S. District Court in Mobile last month. According to the lawsuit, George began discussing a loan modification agreement with Bank of American in January 2009, reaching an agreement that summer. It required her to make three monthly "trial" payments of $648 before the bank would permanently modify her loan.

• She made those payments for September, October and November, completing the trial program, according to the lawsuit. She paid the same amount in December, the lawsuit states, then was told by a bank representative to stop making payments so that the bank could "process the permanent modification and calculate a new mortgage payment based on current balance."

• In June, Bank of America told George that it would not approve a modification of her loan, and said that she was in default of her mortgage, according to the lawsuit. "The gist of the suit is, she made her trial period payments, and they didn't give us the permanent modification," said Earl P. Underwood Jr., one of her attorneys. "It's a breach of contract."

• The bank began a foreclosure proceeding in August, but later canceled it after her attorneys told the bank that she planned to seek an injunction, according to the lawsuit. Bank of America has not responded to the lawsuit, according to court records.

• The case has been transferred to U.S. District Court in Massachusetts. Pre-trial proceedings for this and similar cases will be conducted there, and then the cases will be returned to their original districts, according to Underwood.(1)

Source: Mobile woman sues Bank of America over foreclosure.

See also, Mobile-Baldwin Consumer Law Firm files Mortgage related Class Action.

(1) According to the law firm's press release, it has associated the National Consumer Law Center as co-counsel in the George case. For similar HAMP-related lawsuits brought by the National Consumer Law Center with its co-counsel, see:

• Bosque v. Wells Fargo, Class Action Amended Complaint (Exhibits: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 - eight-page demand letter (offering Wells Fargo opportunity to settle HAMP claims)),
• Johnson v. Bank of America Home Loans Servicing, Class Action Amended Complaint,
• Durmic v. J.P. Morgan Chase, Class Action Complaint,
• Reyes v. OneWest, Class Action Amended Complaint,
• Belyea v. Litton Loan Servicing, Class Action Amended Complaint.