They never did give me the interest rate they charged my, so 4yrs basically paid towards interest and my taxes.all but a freaking 100bux Please do contact me to see if I qualify for this class action suit! Thus, because Conseco received a large compensatory award in this case-$3.5 million-in the "absence of extremely reprehensible conduct against the plaintiff or some special circumstance" the large exemplary award cannot stand unmodified. .help? WOW so I have read alot of these stories and not surprised at all after what they did to us. Green Tree has been accused of a number of abuses, including not honoring loan modification programs, delaying short sale decisions, and charging customers convenience fees when paying their mortgages. Galdieri-Ambrosini v. Nat'l Realty & Dev. It should be paid off and i need the release of lien. 1994)). I just found this article and learned that I may be able to recoup the convenience service fees of $12 I paid multiple times to Green Tree. Greentree Financial 7360 S Kyrene Road Tempe, Arizona U.S.A. I got mad, I never refinance my mortgage. We agree. He earned a salary of $150,000 in 1999. It was like $ 46,000 to start off with by the time I got evicted, I still owed $ 33,000 on my Mobile Home after paying on it for like 20 years. (Jul-23-03) [PIONEER PRESS] Normally I just pay my bills without looking at where the money goes. We were talked into a loan modification in 2012 with Green Tree, due to many threats daily. The instant appeal ensued. If the Rule 50(a) motion is denied and the case is submitted to a jury, the movant must renew the motion once again in order to preserve the issue for appeal. Later, at trial, he admitted they were working for both companies at the same time. Zachar, 363 F.3d at 74 (quoting Davignon v. Clemmey, 322 F.3d 1, 13 (1st Cir. See reviews, photos, directions, phone numbers and more for Greentree Financial locations in San Antonio, TX. The Truth About Mortgage. Chief Judge Loken did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case, Formerly known as Green Tree Financial Servicing Corporation, Conseco also employs other strategies to generate new business including internet advertising, telemarketing campaigns, "cross-marketing" of current customers, direct mail, television, radio, and yellow page advertising, and referrals from various business associates, One of North American's own witnesses admitted that North American had improperly taken Conseco's documents and repeatedly lied about it during the discovery process, His estimate was based on an average loan size in the Midwest of $85,000, The unfair competition instruction to the jury was expressly predicated on trade secret misuse, while the tortious interference claim concerned the issue of wrongful and unjustified interference with Conseco's reasonable expectation of economic advantage or benefit. Ditech added money on to my principal? Indeed, the conduct involved repeated actions in multiple offices.13 North American's actions also involved trickery and deceit, and an utter disregard for Conseco and-even more heinously-the privacy of its customers. These files were located in Kattleman's office at North American until he returned them to Conseco, as ordered by the district court in its TRO. A due process violation occurs when the punitive damages imposed by the jury are grossly excessive. In 2013 we fell on hard times. Green Tree is also barred from transferring loans in loss mitigation in or out of the company without all the proper paperwork and records in place. If Green Tree serviced your mortgage from 2010 to 2014, you might be due some compensation for alleged wrongdoings. The company has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy for the second time in 14 months. [7], In March 2013, Ditech was acquired by Walter Investment Management Co. from Ally Financial, the former GMAC ResCap. The corporation originates, pools, sells, and services manufactured home loans using a vehicle known in the industry as conditional sales contracts. Bristol also testified that he began his employment with North American on June 30, 2000, but did not resign his position with Conseco until July 12, 2000. I told them they were charging me 3x my payment and I had made them on time. I paid my home off in December 2020. Conseco filed a three-count complaint alleging 1) misappropriation of trade secrets, 2) unfair competition, and 3) tortious interference with business relations. Cons. If Green Tree serviced your mortgage from 2010 to 2014, you might be due some compensation for alleged wrongdoings. As the name suggests, Green Tree Servicing was supposed to service homeowners' mortgages by collecting and crediting monthly payments. We would only have 7 years left, if we didnt do this. Must Convert Temporary Loan Mods into Permanent Ones. Sanchez, 37 F.3d at 723. The Catholic Church was going to try to help me pay for part of my Mobile Home Space Rent. This company or like vultures and dont care whom they may devour. Finally, we turn our attention to the punitive damage award and consider the three distinct challenges raised by North American-whether the award was (1) against the weight of the evidence, (2) in violation of due process, and (3) grossly excessive. After a very long time, I did get approved for the loan mod, and still recvd papers saying I was kicked off this too went on for a LONG TIME! Contact Information. We paid by automatic draft, which we had to pay the service fee of twelve dollars to make payments. GT was calling me day and night telling me I was short on my escrow account. Furthermore, even if North American's pre-verdict objection could be construed as a challenge to the submissibility of the unfair competition claim,8 the tortious interference judgment remains. Filed complaints today with FTC, CFPB and the my State. Having concluded that these lead sheets and loan files constitute trade secrets, we must next consider whether Conseco produced evidence of actual or threatened misappropriation of these trade secrets. Please help me resolve this with ditech. Then my account was sold to Ditech that did a loan modification which have me owing an outrageous balance after being in our home for 11 years. Who can I contact file a class action lawsuit against Green Tree, and Ditech? If you type I. Greentree complaints it should come up if the site has not been taken down. This provision of the Act provides a safety valve for a party to an arbitration agreement who does not consent to the other party's choice of arbitrator. Podner further testified that in his line of work, it was very common to help new loan originators in this manner, as it is much easier to generate new business with customers who have previously conducted business with Conseco. The record establishes that Scott Bristol told North American's senior management that he had not resigned from Conseco when he started working at North American. I had a Making Home Affordable Plan and had many problems with them. Home loan options include fixed rate, adjustable rate and FHA loans. I pissed when I want as no man woman or child will ever decide when I piss but that is inhumane. Once we would find someone to help us modify, they would move them to another account. They ruined my credit report for NO reason. On appeal, North American questions not whether Conseco proved sufficient connection of its damages to North American's alleged wrongful conduct but whether Conseco proved it had incurred damages at all. It purchased Lincoln Income Life Insurance Co. and Bankers National Life Insurance Co. for $32 million and $118 million, respectively. I can take your house! yelling at me. 1998). We are further convinced that North American's net worth was not the sole consideration in the jury's punitive award. Both Greentree and Ditech are thugs. [2], In May 2014, Ditech launched a co-branding and joint-venture initiative with more than 600 institutional partners that provide mortgage and refinance loans to their customers. Who has my payment records from Green Tree and Ditech for the Making Home Affordable Plan which will prove timely payments so i can get the credits and incentives I deserve? I was forclosed on just before the lawsuit was awarded and Ditect are still sending me statements to pay morgage payments? Id. That is my just due.i dont care how many times the sell or reinvent themselves, they are still the same company as far as I am concerned. At Greentree, we make the loan process frustration and hassle-free. Sincerely. So disappointing! You can explore additional available newsletters here. T213. We remand this case to the district court for entry of an amended judgment consistent with this opinion. No one seems to know. . We work with many lenders as well as advertisers and other networks across the nation. If a borrower is in the process of foreclosure, it must be halted while the company reaches out to borrowers and evaluates other potential loss mitigation options. Green Tree Financial Corp., 330 S. C. 388, 498 S. E. 2d 898 (1998). I won foreclosure trial by non jury trial final judgement amended final judgement, ORDER: Foreclosure resolved, only issue is money damages and demand for jury trial, ORDER: Granted motion leave to file my counter claim. Green Tree made news in April when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Federal Trade Commission ordered the company to pay $48 million in borrower restitution and $15 million in penalties to settle allegations of servicing failures that occurred from 2010 to 2014. It was just a cycle. The second, Kevin Podner, a former area manager from Conseco's office in Springfield, Illinois, testified that shortly before his resignation from Conseco, he made a copy of a substantial number of loan applications on which he had worked during his time with Conseco. Several of these former Conseco employees resigned after receiving solicitations from North American. For those who still have their homes, Green Tree must convert temporary loan mods into permanent ones. Is there anybody that can help recover something from Green Tree. However, because North American failed to properly preserve the displacement question we need not decide the issue conclusively. Truman Lewis Reporter. Even the emails I have sent do not get me in contact with anyone that can I assist. See Fed. Detroit Home Buyers Offered Zero Down Mortgages Up to 150% LTV, Mortgage Lenders In Europe Now Owe Their Borrowers Interest, How to Get a Mortgage: From Start to Finish. [18], Also in May 2014, Ditech announced new correspondent banking products and services including MyCommunityMortgage, FHA Program, Expanded LMPI, and Freddie Only. Between Green Tree and the Mobile Home Park Manager of the Mobile Home Park. 966, 968 (E.D. .WHY? They are saying it may have been lost in the mail but they refuse so far to make it right. We affirm in part and reverse in part. Well GreenTree Financial went bankrupt and their accounts were taken over by Conseco Financial. Finally, Scott Bristol, a former area manager at Conseco's St. Charles, Missouri, office, testified that although he did not have personal knowledge that any loan originators working under him in St. Charles made copies of customer loan applications, it was possible that such copying did occur. 1994), aff'd in relevant part, 82 F.3d 785 (8th Cir. For its first assignment of error, North American directs our attention to Conseco's unfair competition claim that is founded on North American's alleged misuse of Conseco's trade secrets.5 North American argues that the district court erred in its initial decision to submit this claim to the jury and then in its subsequent declination to grant a judgment as a matter of law. Although Podner claims he made these copies in order to help a fellow employee make the transition to loan originator, Conseco provided evidence that would allow a reasonable finder of fact to determine that a threat of misappropriation existed with regard to these specific files. I suffered under them for no apparent reason as my payments were made on time. Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, RICHARD S. ARNOLD, and SMITH, Circuit Judges. It is clear to us that Conseco derives economic benefit from this information. Are there a class action lawsuit against ditech with all the forgery and false information, Im in South Carolina. 1969)). By the end of August, Green Tree will be no more. Now they have lien on my personal property that had nothing to do with this loan. The suit alleged that the company's stock was artificially inflated due to questionable accounting practices on the part of the company's former officials. P. 50(a) (2). In May 2014, Ditech announced its re-entry to the national housing market after it disappeared from the marketplace for five years during the subprime mortgage crisis in the late 2000s. Who do I contact to file lawsuit and get justice and prove damages? The complaint alleged ESI had failed to pay $45,000 due . My mortgage was with Bank of America for 15 years started 2002 January. Green Tree mortgage servicing company will pay $63 million to settle federal charges that it harmed homeowners with illegal loan servicing and debt collection practices. I was with Bank America and they turn me over to ripped off GreenTree Mortgage, and they GreenTree, up my loan to what they want, I called them and told me that they couldnt reach me, They up my APR and Loan Mortgage and said the could not get in touch with me. But the company is not closing. However, the district court denied North American's summary judgment motion relating to misappropriation of lead sheets, documents in Conseco's loan files, unfair competition, and tortious interference with business relations. The transition concluded in the second half of 2015. The most demeaning thing there is. [14], In March 2014, the company resumed originating loans using the Ditech name. State Farm, 538 U.S. at 425, 123 S. Ct. 1513. Then they said it was for their insurance which we won in court that we carried our own insurance, then they auctioned our home off a paid off home we list our home and no one will get back with me on what to do it has been a little over 4 years now. Never explained that they were going to do this. [23] Later that year, the company's forward mortgage servicing and originations business Ditech Finance LLC was acquired by New Residential Investment Corp. and their reverse mortgage business, Reverse Mortgage Solutions Inc., was acquired by Mortgage Assets Management LLC.[24]. Greg and Kathleen Haley 12050 333rd Avenue Twin Lakes, WI 5381. I was a victim of this as well from Green Tree, but I never received anything regarding this class action lawsuit. I wish I new all this stuff was going with Green Tree Financial. R. Civ. We agree with the district court's observation that North American's "reprehensible" actions involved management, and were "widespread and systematic, spanning six or seven offices and involving numerous groups of employees." You might be able to get more info by calling 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357). The jury's $3.5 million compensatory award was issued by general verdict, after the jury returned verdicts for Conseco on two claims, unfair competition and tortious interference. Who, what when and where to I file a claim with the CFPB? Greentree Financial as been my mortgage company for 14 years. If thats not enough, Green Tree also allegedly called delinquent borrowers seven to 20 times a day if they were two weeks or more past due, sometimes as early as 5 A.M. or as late as 11 P.M. Conseco produced evidence that would allow a reasonable finder of fact to conclude that there was at least a threat of misappropriation of the trade secrets contained in these fourteen files. at 435, 121 S. Ct. 1678. However, the record is clear that the district court repeatedly rejected Conseco's requests that it be allowed to introduce evidence of North American's discovery abuses. Ditech is not answering my call, whom do I contact to get my money back . Punitive damages are also subject to limitations imposed by due process. North American management consented to the document duplication by its employees. I cant get in touch with anyone to get it off. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google. This handbook states that "non-public information about customers, dealers, and others is strictly confidential.". And acknowledge the receipt of short sale requests and/or missing documents within five days. [15] Wow same crap happening to my dads mortgage. They prey on people who are down on their luck with bad credit. 2d 585 (2003) (quoting Gore, 517 U.S. at 575, 116 S. Ct. 1589). I received my first notice from Ditech that my mortgage was in arrears..after speaking with several CSD representatives.. Bank of America sold to Green tree and then to Ditech. Is it still possible to be compensated? Shortly after this employee exodus began, Conseco received a letter from one of its St. Louis branch customers, Michael Mambretti, complaining that his confidential loan information had been taken by a Conseco loan originator, from Conseco to North American. Sign up for our free summaries and get the latest delivered directly to you. Then they send me a statement that I still own them 20 thousand more. Rule 50(a) requires that challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence must be raised initially at the close of the evidence. They are nothing but crooks. Yes it happened to me, I bought a mobile home and Greentree was my lender for 240 months payments, I was behind one month, they call me and threaten me by making my credit bad, and take my home, so I did a direct deposit, for 20 years, total 240 months. 2d 674 (2001). Mathias v. Accor Economy Lodging, Inc., 347 F.3d 672, 676 (7th Cir. On August 31, 2015, Green Tree Servicing became ditech, a Walter company. Who do we talk to about a lawsuit? What happened Greentree Mortgage? We were forced into renting our condo due to housing collapse that prevented us from selling it. My house was bought in 2007 for $118,000 in Jan 2012 I owed $ 94,000. [6] GMAC Mortgage renamed DiTech ditech.com.[3] Reddam left the company in 2000. All the previous comments about them (green tree) are so accurate (ditech) as well the crazy hour calls, the threats of throwing me out of my house. Ive had four different Judges to rule in my favor. Webb Agency, Inc. v. Commercial Standard Ins. Id. While dealing with them. By answering a few simple questions about yourself, and selecting the amount of money you would like to borrow. norma, get an attorney and get one quick that specializes in dealing with mortgage law there are several that have won against Green Treethey all know they are scum. My loan is FHA 7% 30 years, fixed rate, with PMI payments. Co. v. Haslip, 499 U.S. 1, 23-24, 111 S. Ct. 1032, 113 L. Ed. Because we have found adequate evidence of the existence of a trade secret, we need not address North American's argument. After 2 years of accepting the calls. [16] Refinancing options include fixed rate, adjustable rate and FHA loans, as well as special financing programs such as HARP with expanded loan-to-value limits for qualified applicants. Bristol also stated that he encouraged three of the loan originators working under him at Conseco to resign and come to work with him at North American. According to Missouri law, a "trade secret" is information-including but not limited to-technical or nontechnical data, a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process that derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use. 2003). Personally the FTC is probably a scam too. Showing You A Faster Way Home Get Pre-Qualified Now Complete a Full Application Understand your credit report and score Loan interest and fee Monthly payment structure Answer tax related questions How you can save on taxes and take advantage of deductions and returns Manage your debt better And yes, they do call several times a day. Vigoro contended that the names of 200 former customers constituted a trade secret. Mortgages are often transferred during the life of a loan, so consumers may find themselves locked in a relationship . I think the government allows this because it is still happening I am a single mother of five I lost a child to because of this mortgage company my only son I am still homeless I lost my reputation because of them they are the lowest scum on this earth to do this to all of these honest home owners they will never know the word or term honest I wish they would go threw what I am going threw they would not make it nothing but ugly ignorant people Im so disappointed if the government cant control them maybe there should be other ways to solve this problem I have not got help from them all this rental assistance is also family helps just family and friends I really need help who can help me Ive about lost it.
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