Legal Opinion

Barker v. Altegra Credit Co. (In Re Barker)

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided July 20, 2000No. 19-11243PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DAVID A. SCHOLL, Bankruptcy Judge.

A. INTRODUCTION

What remains of the instant adversary proceeding (“the Proceeding”) is the issue of whether, and if so in what amount, a mortgage Broker may be held liable to a Debtor-mortgagor for damages resulting from a detrimental loan transaction procured by the Broker on behalf of the Debt- or, particularly when the mortgagee in the transaction and its assignee reached a pretrial settlement with the Debtor.

We find that the Broker clearly engaged in numerous deceptive and unfair practices that constitute fraud, breach of a fiduciary duty, and…

2Cases cited53 opinions

  1. Arizona v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Feld v. MerriamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  3. Commonwealth v. Monumental Properties, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  4. Chambers v. MontgomerySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  5. Kirkbride v. Lisbon Contractors, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Wilson v. ParisiDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2008
  2. Bell v. Parkway Mortgage, Inc. (In Re Bell)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2004
  3. Lewis v. Delta Funding Corp. (In Re Lewis)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2003
  4. Fisher v. Advanta Finance Corp. (In Re Fisher)District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2005
  5. Meyer v. Argent Mortgage Co. (In Re Meyer)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2007

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