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Bankruptcy
Reorganization Plan
Real Estate Mortgage Origination Company

In re Residential Capital LLC

Published: Mar. 26, 2016 | Result Date: Feb. 9, 2016 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |

Case number: 12-12020-mg Settlement –  Equitable Settlement

Court

SD New York


Attorneys

Plaintiff

Thomas W. Elrod

Mark A. Strauss


Defendant

Norman S. Rosenbaum


Facts

Plaintiffs asserted class action claims on behalf of residential mortgage borrowers against their loan servicer, GMAC Mortgage LLC, and others.

Contentions

PLAINTIFFS' CONTENTIONS:
Plaintiffs contended that they were overcharged for force- or lender-placed hazard insurance relating to loans serviced by GMAC.

Result

The parties agreed on a settlement in the Bankruptcy Proofs of Claim in exchange for an allowed unsecured claim in the amount of $13 million against GMAC. Pursuant to the settlement, individual recovery will be calculated using a formula comparing an individual class member's loss against the losses of all eligible class members.


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