Henson v. Fidelity National Financial Inc.

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS [29]

OTIS D. WRIGHT, II, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This Court has previously been called upon to solemnly interpret considerable issues of federal law with far-reaching implications. This is not one of those cases. Instead, the Court must confront a surprisingly unsettled issue in the often-perplexing Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”): what Congress meant when it precluded liability “for services actually performed,” including what the word “services” means. See 12 U.S.C. § 2607(c)(2).

Plaintiffs Melissa Henson and…