January 19, 2014
Michigan Court Grants Summary Judgement in Favor of Bank
The court in deciding Wargelin v. Bank of Am., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 146326 ( E.D. Mich. 2013) ultimately granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment.
Plaintiff brought an action arising out of a foreclosure and subsequent sheriff’s sale of his residential property. Count I of plaintiff’s action was violation of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”), 12 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq. Count II, was for breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Count III involved defamation of title. Count IV was discharge of lien and claim to quiet title. Count V of the plaintiff’s complaint was for a violation of Mich. Comp. Laws §600.3205a.
Count VI of the plaintiff’s complaint was intentional infliction of emotional distress. Count VII was request for equitable, declaratory & injunctive relief; count VIII, Fraudulent Misrepresentation; count IX, quiet title; count XI, silent fraud and bad faith promises. Count XII of the claim was for breach of contract and wrongful foreclosure. Lastly, count XIII arose out of a violation of Michigan Foreclosure Law and Count XVI, violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), 15 U.S.C. § 1681s-2(b).
The defendants maintained that all of the plaintiff’s claims challenging the foreclosure sale were subject to dismissal because these claims were based on a purported breach of an oral modification agreement, therefore these claims were barred by the statute of frauds. Defendants also argued that plaintiff’s failure to redeem the property within the redemption period precluded plaintiff from raising any claims associated with the foreclosure.
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