Rocket Mortgage Gets Ohio Loan Filings Case’s Class Broken Up

An Ohio law barring class actions for Covid-19 pandemic-era mistakes in recording mortgage satisfaction documents spells doom for a group that sought money due to Rocket Mortgage LLC’s errors, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

While the lead plaintiff can sue for the $250 in damages state law allows him to collect, the case can’t proceed as a class action because the 2023 state law barring it—which wasn’t passed until after the suit was filed but went into effect during an appeal—is retroactive and applicable, the justices said in a partially 6-1 decision that mostly handed the mortgage lender a ...