Court respects corporate boundaries between parent and subsidiary
In Secure Axcess LLC v. Bank of America Corp., et al., after a consideration of the totality of the circumstances, Judge Davis found that defendant ING Bank was not the alter ego of Defendant ING...
View ArticleFormer branch manager files age, race discrimination lawsuit against BofA
Neill MARSHALL – A former Bank of America branch manager has filed an age and racial discrimination lawsuit after she was allegedly terminated for not meeting job expectations. Donna Mulholland filed...
View ArticleProperty owners file suit against Community Bank over subdivision loan
Six property holders say a bank is threatening to foreclose on their property in an attempt to convince them to sign a loan modification that they already turned down. Shammah Stone and property...
View ArticleRecent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas
Marshall Division April 16 Phoenix Licensing et al. v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. et al Case No. 2:12-cv-00208 Phoenix Licensing et al v. Progressive Corp. et al Case No. 2:12-cv-00209 Phoenix...
View ArticleBank accuses Beaumont man of hiding assets to avoid repaying $6M
Dorman Wells Fargo claims a Beaumont man has transferred a substantial number of assets to his wife in an effort to evade payment of debt to the bank. Wells Fargo Bank filed a lawsuit April 13 in...
View ArticleBank seeks foreclosure to recoup dead man’s debt
A bank that issued a deceased man’s mortgage is seeking foreclosure on the man’s property to recover $40,000. U.S. Bank filed a lawsuit May 14 in Jefferson County District Court against Dillen Layne...
View ArticleRecent real estate foreclosures filed in Jefferson County
Deutsche Bank has filed an application to foreclose on the property of Vertress and Melonie Slack, located at 4330 Willow Bend Drive, Beaumont, Texas 77707. The application was filed May 17 in...
View ArticleJudge allows Dallas County suit against mortgage registration system to continue
O’Connor DALLAS – A federal judge in Dallas has denied a request to dismiss Bank of America and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. from a suit claiming they created a system to avoid paying...
View ArticleBank sues to collect prior court judgment
A credit card company claims one of its clients has failed to satisfy a judgment of more than $100,000 against him. Now, the company is seeking the unpaid debt from the bank where the man has...
View ArticleBank seeks repayment of note and foreclosure of property
JPMorgan Chase Bank has filed suit against the company that borrowed money from it and the person who guaranteed a note, alleging it is owed more than $35,000. JPMorgan alleges it lent defendant CMC...
View ArticleBank sues Beaumont man over $15,000 debt
DeGrasse A bank claims a Beaumont man has failed to repay a loan of more than $15,000. American Express Bank filed a lawsuit June 13 in Jefferson County District Court against Dan Slankard. In its...
View ArticleBank sued for not having accessible ATMs for blind people
Carlson SHERMAN – A Plano bank is being sued for failing to have ATMs that are fully accessible to blind people by having operational voice-guidance features. Richard Davis, individually and on behalf...
View ArticleBank of America slapped with $300k sanction for violating Beaumont woman’s...
On Wednesday a local judge sanctioned Bank of America for $300,000 for violating a mortgage settlement agreement with a Beaumont woman. As the Southeast Texas Record previously reported, Trudie...
View ArticleBank says foreclosure stalled because of missing paperwork at clerk’s office
A bank claims it is having difficulty foreclosing on a property due to missing paperwork in the county clerk’s office. Bank of America filed a lawsuit June 20 in Jefferson County District Court...
View ArticleBeaumont man says B of A wrongly sold his house at auction
A Beaumont man claims Bank of America wrongly sold his house in public auction. Jason W. Apodaca filed a lawsuit July 2 in Jefferson County District Court against Bank of America. In his complaint,...
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