Every once in a while I run into a story that has little significance in the grand scheme of things, but just feels good, because it’s right in a culture where injustice has become as, if not more, common. This is one such story.
Two burly Collier County sheriff’s deputies and a homeowner’s attorney strode into the Bank of America branch on Davis Boulevard in Naples with a court order and an ultimatum for Manager Erich Fahrner.
Fahrner’s choice: Write out a check for $2,534 in attorney’s fees for the couple wrongfully slapped with a foreclosure lawsuit by the bank, or a William C. Hoff Storage moving crew waiting outside would start hauling out furniture to be sold at public auction.
“I’m leaving the building with either cash, a check or a whole lot of furniture,” attorney Todd Allen said just before walking in.
After an hour of talks between the deputies and Fahrner, bank officials opted for writing the check. The check is made out to the sheriff’s office, which will then pay the couple: retired Bay Village, Ohio, police Sgt. Warren Nyerges and his wife, Maureen.
Collier court documents show that they bought a house in Golden Gate from the bank for $165,000 in 2009. They paid cash, no mortgage.
But somehow the bank and its attorney, the David J. Stern law firm, became convinced that the couple had a mortgage and was behind in the payments, Allen said. Bank of America filed for foreclosure Feb. 16, 2010.
The bank voluntarily dropped the case two months later, but never paid the couple for Allen’s fee despite an order by Circuit Judge Cynthia Pivacek… [emphasis added]
Inserted from <Common Dreams>
For once, the house did not win, this time. I bet that, when John Boehner learned of this, he cried.
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Well, then they should sue the County deputies for their money, simple as that. 👿
You lost me.