HAHA sweet justice.

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waggy

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http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=271_1307215844

Sweet Justice of the Day: When Bank of America tried to foreclose on Collier County (FL) homeowners Warren and Maureen Nyerges, the couple went to court to prove they never had a mortgage to begin with, having paid in cash.

It took a year, but the pair won their case, and the judge ordered Bank of America to cough up the legal fees. When, after five month, the bank still hadn’t given the Nyergerses a dime, the couple went to their local branch to collect — bringing a foreclosure defense lawyer, Sheriff’s Deputies, and moving trucks along with them.

Turning the tables on Bank of America, attorney Todd Allen instructed his entourage to seize the bank’s assets. “I instructed the deputy to go in and take desks, computers, copiers, filing cabinets, including cash in the drawers,” Allen told WINK News. After a standoff that lasted about an hour, the bank manager cut the couple a check, and Bank of America apologized for the delay, blaming an attorney who went out of business.

“As a foreclosure defense attorney this is sweet justice,” said Allen, “because this is a symptom of a larger problem.


hahah great move by the attorney. i bet the bank manager was shitting bricks when they showed up. having a few cops and a moving van outside would scare anyone.

at least it worked and the people got the money.
 
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Numenorean

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No, and I'm not going searching.

Either it's a repost or someone else did the exact same thing - it was awhile ago.
 
ElFenix

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all the news reports are coming up from the 4th, so this particular event seems to have just happened
 
Jeff7

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It's got to be nice to be able to afford a lawyer for things like this.
 
Jeff7

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Leros said:
Uhm... when you have several thousand dollars on the line, hiring a lawyer makes sense.
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Quite true, but the lawyer's still going to want to be paid - and if you want a better lawyer, it's more money. And as I understand it, it may still be a risk in terms of successfully winning a case to get compensated for your legal fees and lost time due to the bank's screwup, but also a risk in terms of actually getting any of that money. (Which may require getting a lawyer again to go reallocate some of the bank's assets. :D)
Even if they know it's their fault, they're not going to want to pay anything for it - they just want the other party to quietly walk away.
 
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Icepick

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Excellent post Op! I love reading stories like this.

To the repost Nazis: Take a hike! If I haven't seen it yet then it's not a repost to me.
 
gorcorps

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Numenorean said:
No, and I'm not going searching.

Either it's a repost or someone else did the exact same thing - it was awhile ago.
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If you don't have a link, then you don't have the proof and you're just wasting everybody's time.
 
Leros

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Jeff7 said:
Quite true, but the lawyer's still going to want to be paid - and if you want a better lawyer, it's more money. And as I understand it, it may still be a risk in terms of successfully winning a case to get compensated for your legal fees and lost time due to the bank's screwup, but also a risk in terms of actually getting any of that money. (Which may require getting a lawyer again to go reallocate some of the bank's assets. :D)
Even if they know it's their fault, they're not going to want to pay anything for it - they just want the other party to quietly walk away.
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A lot of people have access to lawyers through their workplace, which is pretty handy for cases like this.
 
Kadarin

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It's damned good to finally see a corporation (a financial corporation, no less) being called to account.
 
Jeff7

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Whoozyerdaddy said:
I fyou read the link you'll see that the bank paid for the lawyer. That's what the whole 'foreclosure' was all about.
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I know - that lawyer probably didn't just randomly decide to take a trip over to the bank. I'd figure that he went there on behalf of the couple who the bank erroneously went after.
 
highland145

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Bank of America apologized for the delay, blaming an attorney who went out of business.
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He, he. Win, win.


Apologies to OT lawyers. We know you are a cut above.
 
Texashiker

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There should have been some kind of punitive damages thrown in just for the fun of it.

How does a bank try to repo property it does not own?

Reminds me of a story where the home was paid off, but the bank kept sending bills. After not paying the bills even after the house was paid off, the bank tried to seize the home. The home owners sued and won.

I am glad to see people standing up to the banks and winning.
 
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