Plaintiff filed suit against his mortgagee, alleging it illegally imposed lender insurance for plaintiff’s failure to obtain mortgage insurance and further alleging the mortgagee improperly reneged on a rate-reduction agreement between plaintiff and the mortgagee’s predecessor. The district court dismissed ...

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Plaintiff appealed the circuit court’s order denying its motion to compel arbitration and stay proceeding on defendant’s claims. The parties executed contracts for consumer loans that contained arbitration clause granting exclusive jurisdiction to the National Arbitration Forum; thereafter, NAF entered ...

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Scheffler v. Gurstel Chargo, P.A. (MLW No. 72046/Case No. 17-2141 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Grasz, J.)

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Faltermeier v. FCA US LLC (MLW No. 71982/Case No. 17-2093 – 8 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Erickson, J.)

Tagged with: Consumer Law Deceptive Representations jurisdiction MMPA

Parm v. Bluestem Brands, Inc. (MLW No. 71973/Case No. 17-1931 – 14 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)

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Litterer v. Rushmore Loan Management Services (MLW No. 71870/Case No. 16-3060 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.)

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Coyne v. Midland Funding LLC (MLW No. 71880/Case No. 17-2826 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Arnold, J.)

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Robinett v. Shelby County Healthcare Corporation (MLW No. 71878/Case No. 17-1336 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Smith, J.)

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Baker v. Century Financial Group, Inc. (MLW No. 71598/Case No. WD80813 – 19 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.)

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Hill v. Accounts Receivable Services (MLW No. 71579/Case No. 16-4356 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Wollman, J.)

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Jackson v. Barton (MLW No. 71575/Case No. SC95771 – 22 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Breckenridge, J.; Draper, Russell and Stith, JJ., concur; Wilson, J., dissents in separate opinion filed; Fischer, C.J., concurs in opinion of Wilson, J.; Powell, J., not participating)

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