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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Brent Coon Files Houston Bed Bug Lawsuit

On December 11, 2015 Brent Coon and Associates filed a lawsuit against BKR Memorial, LLC Individually and D/B/A Memorial Heights at Washington Apartments for money damages under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices — Consumer Protection Act.

On January 13, 2015, Katelyn McClelland and Valerie Palmer executed a one year lease for an apartment at Memorial Heights at Washington Apartments (Memorial Hights) at 201 S Heights Blvd, Houston, Texas.


On their first night at the Memorial Heights apartments, Katelyn McClelland and Valerie Palmer were bitten numerous times by bed bugs, which required medical treatment. They immediately alerted property management Midway Properties of the infestation. Instead of contacting an exterminator and addressing the problem, Midway claimed that Ms. McClelland and Ms. Palmer were responsible for bringing the bed bugs into the apartment. The plaintiff's then personally paid for an exterminator inspector to investigate the bed bugs. The inspector found bed bugs, both living and dead along with shed exoskeletons around the apartment. The investigation concluded the bed bugs were in the apartment long before to Ms. McClelland and Ms. Palmer took residence in the apartment.

Ms. McClelland and Ms. Palmer suffered numerous bed bug bites which required medical attention. Ms. Palmar suffered over 55 bed bites alone. They both suffered an allergic reaction, in addition to having to receive treatment from a dermatologist to prevent permanent scarring. Ms. McClelland and Ms. Palmer incurred thousands of dollars in out of pocket medical expenses. Both also required to pay thousands of dollars in out of pocket expenses to replace the property that they had to leave behind because of the infestation as much of the property could not be saved and need to be replaced.
Additionally, both women had to pay an exorbitant amount of money to have her clothes, furniture, electronics and other items specially cleaned and treated.

McClelland and Palmer’s prior property was also checked for bed bugs – none were found. “If there are no bed bugs at your old apartment, and lots of old dead bed bugs along with many more live bed bugs that are thriving in your new apartment – there is no room for doubt as to where the bed bugs came from” said Bob Schwartz of Brent Coon & Associates, the attorney representing both for McClelland and Palmer. “Katelyn and Valerie are not trying to get rich here, they simply are trying to get compensated for their damages and suffering. Hopefully, the owners of the apartment will do the right thing”

Click to read the Houston Bed Bug Lawsuit

Monday, December 7, 2015

North Carolina Money Coming for Wrongful Foreclosure

North Carolina Money Coming for Wrongful Foreclosure

It was announced today that checks are coming for North Carolina victims of Mortgage Fraud. There will be around $2 million dollars coming to 1,400 mortgage borrows who were wrongfully foreclosed on by SunTrust. The victims were illegally foreclosed on between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2013. This comes as reports say this is part of almost $24 million dollars of relief that are coming to North Carolina and it's part of a national $550 dollar settlement with Sun Trust. The lawsuit claimed that SunTrust performed premature and unauthorized foreclosure.

To learn if you have been foreclosed on illegally, contact our Wrongful Foreclosure lawyers here.

MERS Wins Rights to Assign Mortgages in California

MERSCORP announced that it had it's authority to assign mortgage following a ruling on Monday Oct, 5th.

For information on MERS, mortgage fruad lawsuits, visit our BCA Mortgage Fraud main website.

In Boyle vs. Bank of America, the homeowners sued Bank of America and MERS for fraud and wrongful foreclosure, claiming that the MERS deed of trust was invalid because MERS lacked any interest in the promissory note. The argument alleged that Bank of America could not foreclose because the assignment didn't have the right to foreclose. Three separate Federal Courts also upheld MERS rights.