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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
DIVISION OF SAN JOSE
SYLVIA JONES,
Plaintiff,
vs.
MORTGAGEIT et. al.,; GMAC MORTGAGELLC et. al., AND DEBRA ROSENSTIEN et.al.,
Defendant,
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Case No.:
CIVIL ACTION
DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
COMPLAINT
Sylvia Jones (hereinafter Plaintiff) is the legal title holder and owner of the property located at
1057 Delna Manor Ln, San Jose, California. In April 2006 Plaintiff obtained a first and second
loan to purchase her property. The loans were obtained from MortgageIT Inc. ( hereinafter
MIT) The loans financing was a 100% that consisted of a 80% first in the amount of
$371,200 and a 20% second loan in the amount of $92,800. The total amount of credit extendedto Plaintiff from MIT was in the amount of $464,000. MIT transferred the servicing rights for
the first loan to GMAC Mortgage LLC (hereinafter GMACM) on July 14, 2006. The servicing
right for the second loan was transferred on July 3, 2006 to Select Portfolio Service (hereinafter
SPS). Upon information and belief, Plaintiff alleges that all the Defendants are responsible
for the wrongfulacts alleged herein and are responsible for the injuries and damages caused to
Plaintiff.
JURISDICTION
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1331 and 28 U.S.C. 1332 , this court has subject matter jurisdiction in
the form of a federal question and/or diversity jurisdiction. Plaintiffs damages exceed the
$75,000.00 jurisdictional minimal required by this Court.
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VENUE
Venue is appropriate in this court because all of the Defendants reside outside this district, and
a substantial amount of the acts and omissions giving rise to this lawsuit occurred in this district.
Defendants MIT, GMACM, and DEBRA ROSENSTIEN (hereinafter ROSENSTEIN)conducted and engaged in substantial, systematic, and continuous business activities herein
California.
INTRADISTRICT ASSIGNMENT
This lawsuit should be assigned to the San Jose Division of this Court because a substantial part
of the events or omissions which give rise to this lawsuit occurred in Santa Clara County.
PARTIES
Defendant, MORTGAGEIT INC. is a foreign corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the State of New York with its principal place of business being in State of New York,
and regularly conducted, continues to conduct business, and at all times relevant hereto,
regularly conducted business, in California.
Defendant, GMAC MORTGAGE LLC is a foreign corporation organized and existing underthe laws of the State of Delaware with its principal place of business being in the State of
Delaware. GMACM conducted, continues to conduct, and at all times relevant hereto,
regularly conducted business in California.
Defendant, DEBRA ROSENSTEIN, is an authorized agent and employee for GMACM at their
office located at 100 Witmer Road, Horsham, PA 19044 a foreign corporation which
conducts business, and at all times relevant hereto, regularly conducted business, in
California.
Sylvia Jones is a homeowner who resides in San Jose, California and whos property is located
at 1057 Delna Manor Ln, San Jose, CA 95128
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FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Plaintiff purchased her very first home in April of 2006. Plaintiff obtained 100%financing from MIT. MIT transferred the servicing rights to both Plaintiffs loans shortly after
the loan closed escrow. The first loans servicing rights were transferred to GMACM beginning
on July 14, 2006. Servicing rights to the second loan was transferred to SPS on July 3, 2006.
Plaintiff made all of her mortgage payments to the new servicers via cashier checks pursuant to
the terms of the mortgage contract before the 15 day grace as stated on page three (3), item 7(A).
(see attached exhibit A)
Plaintiff intended to refinance her home after six (6) months of ownership so that she
could lower her interest rate and access the equity in her home . The Plaintiff began the refinance
process in October of 2006. Interstate Financial was Plaintiffs employer and brokered the
original loan to MIT.
Interstate Financial pulled Plaintiffs credit report through Land America INFO1
(hereinafter INFO1) on October 17, 2006. The credit report showed Plaintiffs first loan,
which was being serviced by GMACM, had not been reported to any of the credit reporting
agencies (hereinafter CRAs). However, SPS had reported the second loan which it was
servicing.
The credit report also showed that Plaintiff whose original credit score as of April 2006
was 683 had decreased to 622 a drop of61 points. Plaintiff had not incurred any additional
debt obligation from April through October which could have justified the 61 point drop in
Plaintiffs credit score.
Plaintiff contacted INFO1 and spoke to Sandra and asked her to take a look at Plaintiffs
credit report to try and determine the cause for the drastic drop in Plaintiffs credit score. Sandra
stated to Plaintiff the reason that her credit score had dropped was because the first mortgage
loan had not been reported to the CRAs. Sandra advised Plaintiff to contact the loan servicing
company and ask them to report her payment history. Sandra assured Plaintiff that once they
report her mortgage her credit score would increase well over 720.
Plaintiff contacted GMACM on October 17, 2006 and spoke to a customer service
representative named Zabby. Zabby insured Plaintiff that he would put a rush on her request to
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report her mortgage and he was sending an email to the department in charge of reporting to the
CRAs. Zabby also stated to Plaintiff she would receive a return call from the Credit Reporting
Department by 4:00 p.m. that afternoon. Plaintiff did not received a return phone call from
GMACM that afternoon., so Plaintiff placed another phone call to GMACM and spoke to
another customer service representative shortly after 4:00 p.m..
This employee stated Zabby had provided the Plaintiff with incorrect information. She
stated that even if a mortgagor requested expedited reporting, GMACM would take up to at least
4 to 6 weeks to report to the CRAs and that it was their companys policy. Plaintiff asked to
speak to a supervisor. Plaintiff spoke to a gentleman named Robert (employee number 85062)
who identified himself as a customer service supervisor. Robert stated that as per the Real Estate
Settlement Procedure Act (hereinafter RESPA) GMACM did not have to report a mortgage
payment history with the CRAs until it had serviced the loan for a period of60 days.
He further explained that GMACM had only began servicing Plaintiffs loan on July 14,
2006 and therefore it was not going to and not required to report her loan until November 2006.
Plaintiff stated that if RESPA required a loan servicer to report the mortgage, after 60 days of
servicing a loan then Plaintiffs mortgage should have been reported in October 2006 if
servicing started on July 14, 2006. Roberts response was that RESPA and GMACMs policy
requires that they report to the CRAs in November of 2006 and they would not report her
mortgage until then and he abruptly ended the conversation.
Plaintiff contacted the Department of Corporation and filed a complaint. Plaintiff also
sent three (3) qualified written request (hereinafter QWR) to GMACM asking specifically for
the Defendant to report her mortgage payment history, so she could refinance her property.
GMACM never responded to Plaintiffs three (3) QWR. Plaintiff received a letter from
GMACMs authorized agent, Debra Rosenstein (hereinafter Rosenstein). Her letter stated that
it was GMACMs policy to report Plaintiffs mortgage in November to insure there would no
errors and inaccurate information furnished to the CRAs. Shortly after receiving the letter from
Rosenstein Plaintiff began getting harassing phone calls from GMACM stating that her
mortgage payments were late. Plaintiff repeatedly explained to GMACMs telephone
representative that she was current on her mortgage payments and requested that the employee
review her payment history and stop the harassing calls. The live calls stop, but then Plaintiff
began receiving systematic automated calls claiming she was late. Plaintiff again called
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GMACM asked them to remove her from the automated call system. The annoying calls finally
stopped.
Plaintiff assumed she would be able to refinance her property in November 2006 and
opened an escrow account with title officer, Denise Perrucci, who worked for Financial Title.
Mrs. Perrucci ordered the payoff demand and faxed Plaintiff a copy. The payoff demand
indicated that Plaintiff owed a late fee. Plaintiff and Mrs. Perrucci contacted GMACM via a
conference call to dispute the validity of the alleged late fee. Mrs. Perrucci asked which month
was the late fee owed because according to Plaintiffs documents she is current. GMACM stated
it had reviewed the account and didnt see any late fees and stated that until her new loan closes
she owed and would be charged a upfront late fee. Mrs. Perrucci stated to GMACM that they
could not charge a upfront late fee because the payoff demand instructions state that if the loan
closes after the 15th day of the month Plaintiff would be charged a daily per diem interest late fee
up to the time the loan closes. Mrs. Perrucci requested GMACM send her amended title
instructions with the unwarranted upfront late fee removed. GMACM refused to remove the late
fee. Plaintiff had INFO1 verify her mortgage with GMACM and she also ordered a copy of her
payment history from GMACM. Both of the requested documents indicated that the Plaintiff
had been current with all of her payments as of date during the time which GMACM had
serviced her loan. Plaintiff learned after sending letters to the CRAs in November 2006 that
GMACM had still not reported her mortgage in November 2006. Plaintiff then sent GMACM a
complaint letter attaching the responses she had received from the CRAs. GMACM responded
by letter dated December 3,2006 that stated it had reported her mortgage in December. Plaintiff
had her credit report pulled in December 2006 and learned that GMACM had reported to the
CRAs. She also learned that GMACM reported false, inaccurate, and misleading information to
the CRAs. After GMACMs December reporting to the CRAs Plaintiffs credit score dropped to
602. As a direct result of GMACMs failure to timely report the Plaintiffs excellent payment
history in October of 2006 Plaintiffs credit was seriously impaired. Whereas; from the time
GMACM did not report to the time they finally did report the inaccurate mortgage payment
history her credit score dropped a total of 81 points.
MIT contributed to the demise of the Plaintiffs credit reputation and the delay in her
refinancing by transferring her loan to a new servicer Americas servicing company directly
after GMACMs inaccurate reporting in December 2006. MITs action compounded with
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GMACMs negligence caused Plaintiff to have to wait another 60 days before the new servicer
would report her mortgage history.
Plaintiff is a subscriber to a credit service company that monitors any activity on her
credit. Plaintiff received a alert on August 8, 2008 GMACM had accessed her credit, without her
written authorization and furnished additional inaccurate, false and misleading information to the
CRAs about her mortgage payment history. GMACM no longer serviced Plaintiffs loan as of
December 2006 whereby accessing her credit without written authorization is a violation of the
consumer protection laws.
COUNT ONE
FALSE LIGHT
(Against all Defendants)
Plaintiff re-alleges and reincorporates each and every allegation contained in the GeneralAllegations and all previous paragraphs of all previous sections and Causes of Action in this
Complaint, inclusive, as though fully set forth herein.
1. The Defendants furnished inaccurate information to the three major credit reporting
agency as follows: Trans Union, Experian and Equifax ( hereinafter CRA).
Defendants knowingly submitted false and inaccurate information which did not
reflect the Plaintiffs true and factual mortgage credit history. Defendants knew or
should have known that their willful misrepresentation to the CRAs would have an
adverse effect on Plaintiffs credit rating, destroy her ability to obtain credit, and also
would affect her ability to find gainful employment.
2. Defendants knew or should have known the detrimental effects such false information
being made available to the public would cause Plaintiff. Defendants presented Plaintiff
in a false light when they dissemination highly prejudicial, false, and inaccurate
information in a public forum. Defendants actions were negligent, and their refusal to
retract the lies they submitted to the CRAs show a callous indifference to the harm it
caused Plaintiff to experience. Plaintiff already possesses clear and convincing
evidence the Defendants knew the publication would create a false impression
regarding Plaintiffs mortgage history and cause her irreparable harm.
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8. GMACMs failure to report Plaintiffs mortgage caused her credit score to drop which
in turn prevented her from refinancing in 2006. Plaintiffs reliance on Defendants
representation was a substantial factor in causing her harm.
COUNT THREE
INTENTIONAL TORT OF CONCEALMENT AND DECEIT
(Against Defendants GMAC Mortgage and Debra Rosenstein)
Plaintiff re-alleges and reincorporates each and every allegation contained in the General
Allegations and all previous paragraphs of all previous sections and Causes of Action in this
Complaint, inclusive, as though fully set forth herein.
9. July 14, 2006 MIT and GMACM enter into a servicing contract which established a
fiduciary relationship between them. This contract, which upon information and belief,
was a pooling and servicing agreement, legally required GMAC to act at all times for
the sole benefit and interests of MIT.
10.Defendants were obligated by law to inform the Plaintiff that they had submitted
negative credit information about her to CRAs. Although the Defendants did not report
Plaintiffs excellent mortgage payment history to the CRAs in October 2006, nor did
they report it the following month. It was not until December 2006 that the Defendants
finally reported Jones payment history. The December report contained serious lies
about the Plaintiff. Defendants December report stated: Plaintiff was having
difficulties making her mortgage payments; and Plaintiff had such severe financial
problems that she requested and agreed to enter into a forbearance agreement with the
Defendants.
11. Plaintiff states she had timely made all of her mortgage payments.
12. Plaintiff also states she never requested, authorized, nor contracted with Defendant for
a forbearance agreement.
13. By law the Defendants were required to notify Plaintiff if and when it submitted
negative credit information to CRAs. Defendants never notified Jones of their reporting
activities.
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14. Not only did Defendants failed to abide by the law; they also knowingly conceal their
wrongful acts by failing to inform Plaintiff of their ongoing practice of submitting, not
only negative information, but, also submitting information which was blatantly false
and deceptive. Plaintiff reasonably relied on Defendants statement that they report her
excellent payment history to the CRAs in December 2006.
15. As a direct and proximate cause of the Defendants submitting blatantly false, deceptive,
and inaccurate information and it intentional concealment of material facts, Plaintiff has
been ruined financially and her business and professional reputation have been
negatively affected..
COUNT FOUR
FALSE PROMISE
(Against Defendants GMAC Mortgage and Debra Rosenstein)
Plaintiff re-alleges and reincorporates each and every allegation contained in the General
Allegations and all previous paragraphs of all previous sections and Causes of Action in this
Complaint, inclusive, as though fully set forth herein.
16.
Rosenstein made a promise to Plaintiff that GMAC would report Plaintiffs mortgagehistory to the CRAs in a letter dated November 16,2006.
17.Rosenstein knew this promise was of critical importance to Plaintiff. Plaintiff informed
Rosenstein that she needed to refinance her home before the end of 2006 and that it was
imperative her credit history be reported to the CRAs immediately. Plaintiff explained
that this report would insure Plaintiffs credit score increase high enough to refinance
her interest only mortgage into a lower interest rate and access her equity.
18. Defendants were made aware of the importance of keeping their promise to reportPlaintiffs credit history. Defendants assured the Plaintiff that they would keep their
promise. Neither GMACM nor, its agent, Rosenstein, made good on their promise to
the Plaintiff.
19.Plaintiff believed and relied on the Defendants to keep their promise. Defendants
failure to report Plaintiffs mortgage payment history, cause her true credit history to
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be unavailable to interested parties. Defendants failure to keep their promise caused
Plaintiff to suffer pecuniary damages when she could not access the equity in her home
which was approximately $86,000.00. Defendants interference with Plaintiffs ability to
refinance her property resulted in Plaintiff having to forgo opportunities to obtain a loan
which had a lower interest rate and help her honor roll son finance his college
education.Defendants actions were a direct and approximate cause of harm to Plaintiff.
COUNT FIVE
NEGLIGENT MISREPRESENTATION
(Against Defendants GMAC Mortgage and Debra Rosenstein)
Plaintiff re-alleges and reincorporates each and every allegation contained in the
General Allegations and all previous paragraphs of all previous sections and Causes of
Action in this Complaint, inclusive, as though fully set forth herein.
20. Defendant, Rosenstein, sent Plaintiff a letter in November of 2006 which she stated
that Plaintiffs mortgage history would be reported to the CRAs. Contrary to
Rosenstein written statement Plaintiffs mortgage payment history was not reported to
the CRAs in November 2006.
21. Plaintiff alleges Rosenstein knew that GMACM would not send Plaintiffs mortgage
payment history to the CRAs as this would violate its fiduciary responsibility to MIT
by assisting the Plaintiff in refinancing and becoming someone elses customer.
22. Plaintiff who was unaware, that GMACM, as the servicer of her mortgage, was
obligated to protect the interests of its principle MIT.
23. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants negligently misrepresented what actions it would take
regarding the reporting of Plaintiffs mortgage payment history. To her detriment
Plaintiff relied on Defendants negligent misrepresentation and was harmed by
Defendants actions.
24. Defendants negligent misrepresentation was a substantial factor in causing harm to her
credit score to drop and prevent her from refinancing in 2006.
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COUNT SIX
VIOLATION OF THE FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT (15 USC1681i)
(Against all Defendants)Plaintiff re-alleges and reincorporates each and every allegation contained in the General
Allegations and all previous paragraphs of all previous sections and Causes of Action in this
Complaint, inclusive, as though fully set forth herein.
25. Plaintiff is a consumer within the meaning of 15 USC 1692a(3). Aconsumer report is a written, oral, or other communication of any information to a
consumer reporting agency bearing on a consumer's credit worthiness, credit standing,
credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of
living which is used or expected to be used or collected in whole or in part for the
purpose of serving as a factor in establishing the consumer's eligibility for the
extension of credit and employment purposes.
26. What constitutes a consumer report covers more than just credit information,
as indicated by the phrase "any information." Reports regarding driving records,
criminal history, educational background, professional certifications, and similar
matters also are considered consumer reports.
27. A consumer reporting agency includes in its public reports more than credit
history reporting as well as other credit worthy information. Private investigators and
persons and agencies that perform employee background checks qualify as well.
Requirement For Furnishers To Update Records:
28. Defendant is a corporation who regularly furnishes information to the CRAs. Under
the Fair Credit Reporting Act (hereinafter FCRA), 15 USC 1681s-2. Furnishers
must change records, delete records, or permanently block reported information that is
found to be inaccurate or incomplete. Defendants violated 15 USC 1681 by refusing to
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correct the reporting errors it submitted to the CRAs even after the Plaintiff brought the
errors to Defendants attention.
29. Defendants failed to report Plaintiffs mortgage history in October 2006 to the CRAs
even though they are required to do so after having serviced her loan for 60 days.
Plaintiff sent GMACM a Qualified Written Request letter dated November 20, 2006
informing the Defendant that it had failed to report her mortgage payment history to the
CRAs. Plaintiff did not receive a response from GMACM until after she lodged a
complaint with the Department of Corporations.
30. In response to the complaint, Defendants sent Plaintiff a notice which stated GMACM
would report to the CRAs Plaintiffs mortgage payment history in November 2006.
31. Plaintiff sent the CRAs letters to check if the reporting promised was done as well as
requesting the CRAs to report her mortgage as a new account. Plaintiff received
responses from the CRAs stating that the Defendants are subscribers and furnishers of
information and that the Defendants had not reported Plaintiffs mortgage history in
November 2006.
32. Plaintiff sent Defendants a certified letter of complaint dated November 30, 2006 and
attached copies of the correspondences she received from the CRAs stating that
Defendants never submitted Plaintiffs mortgage payment history in November 2006.
33. In December 2006 Defendants willfully and maliciously with the intent to further
harmed Plaintiffs credit by manufacturing false information and reporting inaccurate
data to the CRAs. Defendants submitted the mortgage history payment report knowing
it was nothing more the a composite of lies and other erroneous data.
34. For example, GMACM reported Plaintiff was struggling to make her mortgage
payments and had requested and was granted a forbearance agreement. This
information was categorically false.
35. Instead of retracting and removing the inaccurate furnished in the December 2006
report, GMACM elected to violate the law by failing to comply with the requirements
imposed under FCRA, including but not limited to, failing to follow reasonable
procedures to assure maximum possible accuracy of the information reported to the
CRAs regarding Plaintiffs mortgage history.
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36. Defendants furnished information in December of 2006 to Trans Union which stated
that Plaintiffs loan amount had increased and that the increase consisted of her current
mortgage payment of $2,049.33 with an additional per diem interest late fee of $67.40,
both amounts were added to the back end of Plaintiffs original five years interest only
loan. The original amount was $371,200. By GMACM increasing her loan amount to
$373,317 it directly interfered and changed the terms of the original contract Plaintiff
had with MIT for a loan amount of $371,200 fixed for five (5) years.
37. Defendants also falsely reported in December 2006 to Experian and Equifax that
the account was in dispute and closed causing her mortgage history not to be rated and
included as part of her credit score. Defendants action caused the Plaintiffs credit
score to deteriorate even further and resulted in the Plaintiff being unable to obtain
credit.
38. Defendants transferred the servicing rights to Plaintiffs loan to Americas Servicing
Company in December 2006. Unbeknownst to the Plaintiff, after transferring the
servicing right GMACM continued to report negative credit information about the
Plaintiffs to the CRAs.
39. Defendants continued to harm Plaintiff by accessing her credit without her knowledge
and consent. Consumer law prohibits GMACM or any for that matter from accessing
Plaintiffs credit report without her prior written consent. Even after GMACM was no
longer the servicing company for her loan it continued to illegally invaded Plaintiffs
privacy by accessing her credit. The Defendant continued to harm Plaintiffs credit
reputation by continuously reporting negative and false information after it no longer
serviced her loan.
40. Defendants are furnishers of credit information to the CRAs and are required by law
to notify Plaintiff when negative information they have submitted to the CRAs has
been placed on Plaintiffs credit report. In violation of consumer credit laws GMACM
reported false and inaccurate information concerning Plaintiff in December 2006 and
August 2008 and failed to notify Plaintiff that they had taken such action. Defendants
action deprived Plaintiff of the opportunity to dispute the veracity of the information
submitted, object to its inclusion on her credit report, to take whatever actions
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necessary to protect her credit history and preserve her reputation as an honest person
who paid her debts.1
41. The Fair Isaac credit scoring model is used in the credit reporting industry to generate
a consumer credit scores based on information obtain about a consumer. Scores are
determined by different factors which are calculated as percentages. Defendants
negatively impacted Plaintiffs credit score in the following areas: 35% for payment
history, 30% for Capacity, and 15% for length of credit historywhich when totaled and
accounts for 80% of Plaintiffs credit score.
42. As a result of Defendants violations of the FCRA, Plaintiff has been denied credit and
employment opportunities. Her personal and business reputations have been severely
tarnished. Having been terrorized by the Defendants relentless campaign to deprive her
of home and decimate her financial well being Plaintiff has experienced and continues
to experience extreme anguish, panic attacks, emotional stress, depression, anxiety,
fear, embarrassment, frustration, and humiliation. Plaintiff has also been hospitalized
for acute chest pains . Defendants were a direct and proximate cause of harm to the
Plaintiff.
COUNT SEVEN
VIOLATION OF THE TRUTH AND LENDING ACT
(TILA)
(Against all Defendants)Plaintiff re-alleges and reincorporates each and every allegation contained in the General
Allegations and all previous paragraphs of all previous sections and Causes of Action in this
Complaint, inclusive, as though fully set forth herein.
Daily Interest When Payments Are Made After Due Date.
11Study Of Information Sharing: Federal statues require federal financial services and the FTC to study the
following: the purposes for which affiliate sharing information is used; the types of information shared withaffiliates; choices provided to consumers regarding control of sharing and the degree to which consumers useoptions; if information is used foremployment or hiring, orfor general publication of such information; and theinformation sharing practices that financial institutions and other creditors and users of consumer reports
employ for purposes of credit underwriting or evaluation
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43. Most mortgage loans have grace periods, during which a borrower may make the
monthly payment after the due date without incurring a late charge. The late charges are
assessed as a percentage of the monthly mortgage payment.
44. While it may be proper for a lender to charge daily interest late fee when the loan
so provides on the payoff demand, however, it is deceptive for a lender to charge a late
fee as well as daily interest late fee before the 15 day grace period expires.
45. The Defendants violated TILA by deceptively charging a upfront late fee on the
November 2006 payoff demand prior to the 15 day grace period. The Defendants were
prohibited by TILA from charging an unauthorized upfront late fee prior to the expiration
of the 15 day grace period or attempting to collect the unauthorized fee. Defendants are
only allowed to charge a daily interest late fee if the new loan closes after the 15 th day of
the month and each day thereafter.
46. Plaintiff signed her original loan documents in April 2006. The loan agreement
stipulated that Plaintiff mortgage payment is due the first day of each month. The
agreement also states that if the Plaintiff fails to pay her mortgage installment by the 15 th
day of the month she becomes obligated to pay a 6% late fee after the 15th day of the
grace period. Defendants erroneously accessed plaintiffs account a late fee of $122.95
on November 6, 2006.
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Denise Perricci, who is a title officer with Financial Title, made numerous phonecalls on the Plaintiffs behalf requesting Defendants to send her amended title instructions
to remove the unauthorizedlate fee of $122.95. Defendants refused to send her amended
title instructions which would have allowed for the deletion of the unauthorized late
charge Plaintiff did not owe.
48. As a result of Defendants violating TILA by refusing to correct its accounting error.
Plaintiff became concerned as to the Defendants honesty and ability to correctly
account for and administer her mortgage. Plaintiff was caused to suffer worry, fear,
distress, frustration, and mental anguish and hospitalization for chest pains all to her
damages in the amount to be determined by the jury. Defendants were a direct and
proximate cause of harm to Plaintiff .
COUNT EIGHT
VIOLATION OF RESPA
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(Against all Defendants)Plaintiff re-alleges and reincorporates each and every allegation contained in the General
Allegations and all previous paragraphs of all previous sections and Causes of Action in this
Complaint, inclusive, as though fully set forth herein.
49. On July 14, 2006 GMAC Mortgage LLC was the servicer of Plaintiffs mortgage and
was required to adhere to and comply with 12 U.S.C.2605 (RESPA). GMAC
Mortgage LLC failed to comply with the RESPA requirements.
50. Plaintiff sent GMAC mortgage LLC three certified qualified written request
(hereinafter QWR) dated November 20, 26, 30 of 2006 regarding its failure to report
Plaintiffs mortgage to the CRAs after it had been the servicer for 60 days. Plaintiffs
QWRs asked the Defendant to report her mortgage and remove the wrongfully
charged late fee from the payoff statement.51. GMAC mortgage violated 12 U.S.C.2605 by not acknowledging receipt of Plaintiffs
written requests within 20 days as required by RESPA. GMAC also violated section 6
of RESPA when it failed to investigate issues raised in Plaintiff s QWRs and provide
her with a written report within the 60 days as required by RESPA.
52. GMAC mortgage LLC was prohibited under RESPA from reporting any negative
or inaccurate information during the 60 day investigation period. Specifically GMAC
Mortgage LLC violated 12 U.S.C.2605(e)(I)(A);(1)(c);(c)(2);(e)(2);(e)(3); As a result
of the above violations, Plaintiff has been damaged and is entitled to damages and costs
pursuant to 12U.S.C.2605(f). Defendants actions were the direct and proximate cause
of harm to the Plaintiff.
COUNT NINE
NEGLIGENT NONDISCLOSURE BY FIDUCIARY
(Against All Defendants )Plaintiff re-alleges and reincorporates each and every allegation contained in the General
Allegations and all previous paragraphs of all previous sections and Causes of Action in this
Complaint, inclusive, as though fully set forth herein.
53. A fiduciary relationship existed between the Plaintiff and the Defendants that required
the highest good faith and the undivided service and loyalty. Defendants possessed
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information material to Plaintiffs interest. Defendant knew or should have known that
the false information furnished to the CRAs was of material interest to Plaintiff ability
to refinance in 2006.
54. Defendants failed to disclose this material information to Plaintiff and concealed the
fact they intended to report false and negative information to the CRAs about Plaintiffs
mortgage history. This nondisclosure caused Plaintiff to suffer injury, damage, loss and
harm. Defendants concealment of material facts was a direct and proximate cause of
harm to the Plaintiff.
COUNT TEN
NEGLIGENT INFLICTION OF EMOTION DISTRESS
(Against all Defendants)
Plaintiff re-alleges and reincorporates each and every allegation contained in the General
Allegations and all previous paragraphs of all previous sections and Causes of Action in this
Complaint, inclusive, as though fully set forth herein.
55. Defendants were all negligent in the handling and servicing of her loan. Defendants
erroneously claimed Plaintiff failed to timely pay her mortgage. Defendants own
accounting records clearly shows that Plaintiff was not delinquent on her mortgage
obligation.
56. Instead of correcting its error and simply apologizing to the Plaintiff the Defendants
chose to compound their negligence by: 1) refusing to remove the late charge fee; 2)
and ignoring Plaintiffs request that her credit history be reported to the CRAs until she
officially filed a complaint with the Department of Corporation.
57. In furnishing inaccurate information to the CRAs a sharply cascading tier effect
resulted which caused Plaintiff to be denied employment; defend against a wrongful
and fraudulent foreclosure action, the needlessly filing for Chapter 7 and Chapter 13
bankruptcy protection to avoid the unwarranted and illegal forfeiture of her home.
58. The Defendants conduct was outrageous. Plaintiff has been and continues to be
terrorized by the Defendants complicity and duplicity in committing fraud, failure to
disclose material facts and deceptive actions. As a direct and proximate cause of
Defendants unwarranted acts. Plaintiff has suffered mental anguish, severe emotional
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distress, fright, horror, nervousness, grief, panic attacks, depression, anxiety, worry,
shock, humiliation and shame.
59.Plaintiff had to be hospitalized on numerous occasions for chest pains and other heart
attack like symptoms. The Defendants actions caused such turmoil in Plaintiffs life
that her treating physician prescribed medication to help her emotionally and physically
contend with the horrific stress that Defendants actions were causing her. Plaintiff
suffered emotional distress that a reasonable person would be unable to cope with in
the same circumstances. Defendants negligence was a substantial factor in causing
Plaintiff serious emotional distress.
COUNT ELEVEN
DEFENDANTS ARE ESTOPPED FROM ASSERTING STATUE OF LIMITATIONSDEFESNSE
(Against all Defendants)Plaintiff re-alleges and reincorporates each and every allegation contained in the General
Allegations and all previous paragraphs of all previous sections and Causes of Action in this
Complaint, inclusive, as though fully set forth herein.
60. In response to a settle demand in April of 2008. GMACMs attorney advised Plaintiff
she was not allowed to file her suit in the federal district court. Plaintiff relied on
Defendants advice and therefore did not timely exercise her right to file a lawsuit to
protect her federal causes of actions.
61. Plaintiff did not discover until after the statute of limitation had expired that the
Defendants attorney had intentionally deceived her by advising her incorrectly about
her legal right to proceed in federal district court.
62. Plaintiff contends that the statute of limitation should be tolled because the Defendants
lawyer acted in bad faith when he misinformed Plaintiff, who is a lay person. Plaintiff
ask that the Court take under consideration that once plaintiff became aware of her
rights she expeditiously proceeded to file this instant action. Defendants behavior
which was unethical and unconscionable was direct and proximate cause of harm to
the Plaintiff.
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COUNT TWEVELEPROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE
(Against Defendant MIT)Plaintiff re-alleges and reincorporates each and every allegation contained in the General
Allegations and all previous paragraphs of all previous sections and Causes of Action in this
Complaint, inclusive, as though fully set forth herein.
63. The Defendant had a legal duty to conform to a standard duty of conduct as all other
lenders practicing in the same profession. The Defendants is a Mortgage Lender that
performs professional services for consumers.
64. The Defendant, MIT owed the Plaintiff the duty of reporting her mortgage history
to the CRAs after its agent GMACM failed to do so . Defendants transferred the
servicing rights of Plaintiffs first loan on July 14, 2006 to GMACM. as the owner and
holder of plaintiff note, MIT still was responsible and held control of Plaintiffs
mortgage and note. Defendant failed to conform to the standard duty of conduct that all
other lenders practicing in the same profession adhere to when reporting residential
mortgage history to the CRAs after 60 days of servicing following the transfer of
servicing rights.
65. SPS formally known as (Fairbanks Capital Corporation) is a professional mortgage
servicing company that practices in the same profession and capacity as GMACM in
servicing residential loans that are transferred to them. MIT transferred the servicing
rights of Plaintiffs second mortgage to SPS on July 3, 2006. Following 60 days of
servicing after the transfer of Plaintiffs loan, SPS reported Plaintiffs mortgage history
to the CRAs in October of 2006.66. MIT transferred the servicing rights of Plaintiffs first loan to the GMACM on July
14, 2006. Following 60 days of servicing after the transfer of Plaintiffs loan
GMACM failed to report Plaintiffs loan to the CRAs. The MIT then transferred the
servicing rights of Plaintiffs first loan away from GMACM in December of 2006 to
Americas Servicing Company. Following 60 days of servicing after the transfer of
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Plaintiffs loan, American Servicing Company reported Plaintiffs mortgage history to
the CRAs in February 2007.
67. All Lenders and Banks practicing in the same profession as the Defendants that service
newly transferred residential loans conform to the same practice and protocol of
reporting a consumers residential mortgage history to the CRAs after 60 days of
servicing following a transfer of servicing rights.
68. MIT and its agent GMACM failed to conform to this standard of conduct by not
reporting Plaintiffs mortgage history to the CRAs after 60 days of servicing Plaintiffs
loan following the transfer of servicing rights. The Defendants failure was the
proximate and legal cause of injury and damages to Plaintiffs credit.
COUNT THIRTEEN
BREACH OF CONTRACT
(Against MIT)Plaintiff re-alleges and reincorporates each and every allegation contained in the General
Allegations and all previous paragraphs of all previous sections and Causes of Action in this
Complaint, inclusive, as though fully set forth herein.
69. Plaintiff and Defendants entered into a mortgage contract on April 21, 2006. Plaintiff
fulfilled her obligations pursuant to the mortgage contract. GMACM as servicer of the
loan breached the mortgage agreement by charging the Plaintiff an unwarranted late
fee. MIT was the principle who had a duty to oversee the acts and omissions of its
servicing agent GMACM. MIT clearly stated that although the loan servicing rights had
been transferred to its agent GMACM, all the original terms of the mortgage contract
would remain the same.
70. GMACM breach the contract when it charged the Plaintiff a late fee before the
expiration of the 15 day grace period. MIT allowed GMACM to breach the contract a
second time when it increased the principle amount of the loan from $371,200 to
$373,317 and then report the increased amount to the CRAs without notifying the
Plaintiff that the terms of her contract had changed. Defendants also failed to
accurately report Plaintiffs payment history, did not notify the Plaintiff that it had
submitted inaccurate and false information to the CRAs and refused to correct or
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retract its credit reporting errors. MIT failed to oversee agent GMACM servicing
practices and correct GMACMs negligent acts.
71. This failure was a dereliction of it duty to service, or, insure that it agent properly
serviced Plaintiffs loan. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants breach of the mortgage
contract caused Plaintiff irreparable harm for which she should be compensated and for
which the Defendants should be punished. Defendants breach of the terms of the
original mortgage agreement was the direct and approximate cause of harm to Plaintiff.
COUNT FOURTEEN
BREACH OF THE IMPLIED COVENT OF GOOD FAITH AND FAIR DEALING
(Against MIT)Plaintiff re-alleges and reincorporates each and every allegation contained in the General
Allegations and all previous paragraphs of all previous sections and Causes of Action in this
Complaint, inclusive, as though fully set forth herein.
72. The written contract between Plaintiff and MIT is subject to the principle of a Implied
Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing which is inherent in all contracts and loan
agreements entered into in California. A lender has a duty to exercise discretion in
good faith within the standard of fair dealings. (section 36:17,1:6(the Implied
Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing).
73.The Defendants breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealings as
follows: 1) November 2006 MIT allowed its agent GMACM to improperly charge
Plaintiff a late fee and then refused to remove the late fee after Plaintiff disputed the
charges; 2) MIT failed to monitor GMACM servicing practice who failed to report
Plaintiffs mortgage history to the CRAs after 60 days of servicing 3) MIT allowed its
agent GMACM to change the terms of the contract by increasing the original loan
amount of $371,200 by $2117.00 as reported to the CRAs and by adding that amount
to the back end of Plaintiffs loan amount increasing the loan amount to $373,317.
Plaintiffs loan and contract agreement with MIT was not a for a pay option arm loan
in which the interest only monthly payments are added to the back end of the loan to
increased the principle loan amount. Plaintiffs loan was a five (5) fixed interest only
loan in which the principle loan would remain the same and fixed for the term of five
(5) years.
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74. Plaintiffs was not behind in any of her mortgage payments and did not need or request
a forbearance agreement. Plaintiff did not renegotiate the terms of the April 2006
mortgage contract with MIT nor its agent GMACM, she did not agree to refinance or
otherwise increase the original loan amount to $371,200.
75. Plaintiff alleges that the MIT and GMACM breached the mortgage contract by
unilaterally changing the contract terms of amount owed by Plaintiff. The Defendants
agent GMACM unfairly interfered with Plaintiffs right to receive the benefits of the
contract. As a result of the breach of the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair
Dealing as set forth above, Plaintiff has been damaged and seeks any and all
compensation to which she is entitled as Defendants actions resulted in the direct and
proximate cause of harm to Plaintiff.
COUNT FIFTEEN
VIOLATION OF THE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE 17200
(Against all Defendants)Plaintiff re-alleges and reincorporates each and every allegation contained in the General
Allegations and all previous paragraphs of all previous sections and Causes of Action in this
Complaint, inclusive, as though fully set forth herein.
76. The actions of the Defendants, which is described above constitutes an is incorporated
herein by reference, are unfair business and consumer practices that violates California
Business and Professions Code 17200. which specifically states the above practices
are prohibited.
77. As a result of Defendants violating 17200, Plaintiff has suffered damage to her credit
and suffered tremendously emotionally and physically distress. Plaintiff seeks all
monetary relief to which she is entitled.
78. Further, Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief in the form of a permanent injunction
prohibiting GMACM or MIT from terrorizing and threatening the Plaintiff credit by
violating the California Consumer Protection Statutes. Defendants are the direct and
proximate of harm to Plaintiff. Plaintiffs seeks all damages.
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COUNT SIXTEEN
VIOLATION OF CIVIL CODE 1750 LEGAL REMEDIES ACT
(Against all Defendants)Plaintiff re-alleges and reincorporates each and every allegation contained in the General
Allegations and all previous paragraphs of all previous sections and Causes of Action in this
Complaint, inclusive, as though fully set forth herein.
79. The California Consumer Legal Remedies Act(CLRA) is set forth in Civil
Code1750. The CLRA was promulgated to protect consumers from deceptive and
dishonest practices by venders and providers of business services in California.
80. The conduct of GMACM as set forth herein violates 1770(A)(5)and(7). Defendant
represented it possessed the skills and knowledge necessary to service the Plaintiff
mortgage.
81. GMACMs policies and practice are substandard and do not meet the minimum
industry standards of quality for servicing residential mortgages. GMACMs policies
do not comply with the applicable State and Federal Statues governing mortgage
transfers and loan servicing. Nor does GMACM comply with state laws governing the
protection of consumer credit rights.
82. Based on Defendants violation of the CLRA, Plaintiff has been damage and seeks all
statutory damages provided under Civil Code1780 including actual damages, punitive
damages and all other relief as the Court deems proper.
83. Defendants ineptitude and negligence is particularly repugnant and egregious in that
GMACM actions were fraudulent, oppressive, malicious, and was done with the intent
to harm Plaintiff.
84. Defendants actions cause Plaintiff significant harm affecting many aspects of her life.
Defendants effectively ruined her credit, destroyed her reputation, caused her physical
pain and suffering, and overwhelming mental anguish. Defendantsprevented Plaintiff
from refinancing her home in 2006 and cause her to lose thousands of dollars in equity.
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The misrepresentations made in the credit payment history the Defendants filed with
the CRAs caused Plaintiff to be unable to secure gainful employment with any banking,
lending and non-lending institution that pulls credit and uses it as hiring criteria for
employment.
85. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants illegal actions, unethical behavior, and callous attitude
inflicted a tremendous amount of harm and hardship on Plaintiff. Defendants actions
have gone beyond the pale and should be considered worthy of not only the award
actual and compensatory damages, but, also punitive and exemplary damages.
Defendants actions were the direct and proximate cause of harm to Plaintiff.
COUNT SEVENTEEN
FAILURE TO USE RESONABLE CARE
(Against all Defendants)Plaintiff re-alleges and reincorporates each and every allegation contained in the General
Allegations and all previous paragraphs of all previous sections and Causes of Action in this
Complaint, inclusive, as though fully set forth herein.
86. Plaintiff contends she was harmed by MITs failure to use reasonable care when hiring
a loan servicing company to administer her loan. MITs decision to employ GMACMto service Plaintiff loan shows its lack of due diligence in investigating GMACM to
determine if GMACM was of good reputation, honest, experienced and skilled in
properly service mortgage loans.
87. Plaintiff contends that if MIT had conducted even the most very basic investigation of
GMACM it would have discovered that hundreds, if not thousands, of consumer
complaints had been filed against GMACM for its negligent servicing practices.
88. MIT had a fiduciary duty to act in good faith and to deal fairly with the Plaintiff, which
included, not hiring a loan servicing company which had a dismal public record of
mishandling and mistreating mortgagors. Plaintiff also alleges MIT failed to use
reasonable care in carrying out it fiduciary duty when it hired an incompetent and inept
servicing company as its agent and then failed to supervise and intervene when its agent
failed and/or refuse to abide by the terms of the mortgage contract. Surely, MIT
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received monthly servicing reports from GMACM and could have readily determined
that there were discrepancies with regard to Plaintiffs mortgage account.
89. GMACM was employed by MIT and was under contract to service Plaintiffs mortgage
loan. Pursuant to the service agreement GMACM acted on behalf of MIT. As its agent
GMACM was to collect monthly mortgage payments and generate monthly servicing
reports. GMACM was also required to accurately report mortgage history payments to
the CRAs.
90. Under the laws of agency, plaintiff believes MIT is vicariously liable for the wrongful
acts of GMACM. GMACM failed to act and use reasonable care while servicing
Plaintiffs loan MIT as the principal, and GMACM acting as MITs agent engaged in
conduct which was a substantial factor in causing harm to Plaintiff.
COUNT EIGHTEEN
DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER
(Against all Defendants)Plaintiff re-alleges and reincorporates each and every allegation contained in the General
Allegations and all previous paragraphs of all previous sections and Causes of Action in this
Complaint, inclusive, as though fully set forth herein.
91. The Defendants engaged in furnishing the CRAs with false and inaccurate statements
about Plaintiffs mortgage payment history knowing the information would be available
for public view. Defendants clearly understood that furnishing wrongful information
about Plaintiffs mortgage history would be view as a negative reflection of Plaintiffs
mortgage history.
92. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants knew or should have known that Plaintiff would be
harmed by the publication of false and inaccurate information as such negligent
behavior would effectively deny anyone accessing Plaintiffs credit history a true and
accurate depiction of Plaintiff financial history and current financial status.
93. Plaintiff has in fact been harmed by Defendant negligence and has suffered harm to her
property, business, profession and occupation causing her to suffer shame,
embarrassment, mortification and rejection by her friends and community. The
statements made by Defendants was a substantial factor in causing Plaintiff harm.
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Plaintiff alleges the Defendants intentionally defamed her good name and character
and she be compensated accordingly.
COUNT NINETEEN
SPECIAL DOCTINE OF RES ISPA LOAUITUR(Against all Defendants)Plaintiff re-alleges and reincorporates each and every allegation contained in the General
Allegations and all previous paragraphs of all previous sections and Causes of Action in this
Complaint, inclusive, as though fully set forth herein.
94. Plaintiffs harm ordinarily would not have happened unless someone was negligent.
The non-reporting and then the inaccurate reporting to the CRAs was the cause of
great harm to the Plaintiff that was under the exclusive control of the MIT at the timeof the negligent act.
95.Plaintiffs actions did not cause or contribute to the events that happened to Plaintiff.
The Defendants negligence was the cause-in-fact of the harm, as well as, the
proximate cause of the harm to Plaintiff.
COUNT TWENTY
VIOLATION OF THE ROSENTHAL ACT
VIOLATION OT CAL. CIV. CODE SEC. 1788(Against all Defendants)
Plaintiff re-alleges and reincorporates each and every allegation contained in the General
Allegations and all previous paragraphs of all previous sections and Causes of Action in this
Complaint, inclusive, as though fully set forth herein.
96. The Defendants violated California statues governing debt collection practices, the
Rosenthal Act and Cal. Civ. Code, section 1788. Defendants sent false
communication to financial title indicating that Plaintiff owed a late. Defendants did
not disclose on the November 2006 pay off demand sent to financial title the month
the late fee was owed, nor, did they ever send Plaintiff any collection letters
demanding payment of the alleged late fee. The title officer Denise Perrucci notified
Defendants of error and requested they remove the erroneous late fee and send her
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new title instructions with the removal of the late fee. Defendants refused to send her
new title instructions deleting the unjustified late fee.
97.Plaintiff ordered a supplemental credit report through Land America INFO1 credit to
verify Plaintiffs mortgage history. Land America INFO1 verified Plaintiffs mortgage
with Defendants employee named Manny. Manny verified there were no late fees
on Plaintiffs account. Plaintiff also ordered a accounting of her payment history from
Defendant. The accounting record verified that there were NO record of any late fees
posted on the account. After Defendants were notified by the Department of
Corporation of Plaintiffs complaint of the erroneous late fee and warned about
mishandling of her account, Plaintiff received hourly harassing phones calls from the
Defendant daily stating her mortgage was late.
98. The Rosenthal Act was enacted to prohibit debt collectors such as the Defendants from
engaging in unfair deceptive acts or practices in the collection of a debt. The Act states
that debt collectors must comply with Chapter 15 of the United States Code sections
1692(b) -1692(j) and subject to the remedies prescribed in Chapter 15 of the United
States Code sections 1692(k) and Cal. Civ. Code, section 1788.17. The statue prohibits
actions such as false communications, threats or harassment in the collection of a debt.
99. Defendants conduct was a substantial factor in causing Plaintiff harm. Plaintiff
suffered worry, fear, distress, mental anguish, frustration. Plaintiff is entitled to
statutory and punitive damages in the amount to be determined by the jury. Plaintiff is
entitled to attorneys fees. Defendants actions and conduct were a direct and proximate
cause of harm to the Plaintiff.
COUNT TWENTY-ONE
INDUCING BREACH OF CONTRACT (Against Defendant GMACM)Plaintiff re-alleges and reincorporates each and every allegation contained in the General
Allegations and all previous paragraphs of all previous sections and Causes of Action in this
Complaint, inclusive, as though fully set forth herein.
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100. A valid contract existed between Plaintiff and MIT as of April of 2006. Defendant
GMACM knew of the existence of this contract. GMACM intentionally engaged in
acts and conduct which induced MIT to breach the contract with Plaintiff.
101. GMACM intended to induce a breach of such contract between MIT and the
Plaintiff. The contract was in fact breached by MIT. The acts and conduct of the
Defendant which induced the breach caused damage to the Plaintiff. Defendants
action were a direct and proximate cause of harm to the Plaintiff.
PRAYER FOR RELIEF
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff prays for relief on all counts against all Defendants as
follows:
(a) For all compensatory, consequential, special, actual, incidental, statutory and general
damages according to proof at trial.
(b) GMACM submission of a permanent letter of deletion to the CRAs which would instruct
the CRAs to delete all reports made by GMACM from Plaintiff credit file as well as
remitting Plaintiff a copy of the deletion letter.
(c) Permanent injunctive relief prohibiting GMACM from reporting inaccurate and negative
information to Plaintiffs credit report.
(d)Post judgment and prejudgment interest as allowed by law.
(e)For attorneys fees under Code of Civil Procedure 1021.5 and any other applicable
statute and case law. All out of pocket attorneys fees incurred to date.
(f) For all other relief that the Court deems just and proper.
(g) Demand for Jury trial.
(h) For cost of suit.
Dated this 5th day of January, 2009
Respectfully submitted by:
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Sylvia Jones, Pro SeP.O. Box 6043Santa Clara, CA 95056Ph: 408-310-2621