M&T Bank Must Pay Attorneys’ Fees for Mortgage Errors

M&T Bank must pay more than $35,000 in attorneys’ fees for violating the discharge injunction in a Chapter 13 case, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma held Ridley v. M & T Bank (In re Ridley), 2017 BL 254140, Bankr. E.D. Okla., No. 16-8008-TRC, 7/21/17.

The time spent and services rendered by the attorneys were reasonable, necessary, and beneficial to Charles Ridley’s case, Judge Tom R. Cornish wrote July 21.

Ridley successfully sued M&T Bank to force it to correct its records to reflect that his home mortgage account was current after successfully completing his ...