Legal Opinion
Kolbe v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 21, 2012No. 11-2037PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This putative class action is one of a number of breach-of-contract suits being brought against financial institutions nationwide by mortgagors who claim that they were improperly forced to increase flood insurance coverage on their properties.1 The plaintiff in this case, Stanley Kolbe, asserts that Bank of America’s demand that he increase his flood coverage by $46,000 breached both the terms of his mortgage contract and the contract’s implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The district court concluded that the pertinent provision of the mortgage unambiguously…
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Kolbe v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LPCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
- Faire Feaz v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014
- Kolbe v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LPCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2013
- Hoover v. HSBC Mortgage Corp.District Court, N.D. New York · 2014
- Casey v. Citibank, N.A.District Court, N.D. New York · 2013
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