On April 6, 2020, the New Mexico Court of Appeals held that reprehensible conduct by a bank – namely, Wells Fargo – justified significant punitive damages against it. Wells Fargo sold the homeowner an accidental death policy that was supposed to pay off his mortgage if he met an untimely death. When the homeowner died, […]
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The Problem with Big Banks
In a trend that began many years ago, big banks – banks like Wells Fargo, CitiMortgage, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, HSBC, Bank of New York Mellon and others – have greatly increased profits, running roughshod over consumers in the process. Treinen Law Office represents consumers against the big banks. We have handled many […]
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Wrongful Foreclosures On The Rise
Treinen Law Office PC has noticed an alarming trend in the mortgage-service industry, a trend that causes stress, frustration and crisis in families and rattles the trust that we as consumers give so freely to financial institutions. Throughout New Mexico, mortgage servicers sometimes incorrectly account for borrowers’ payments, causing the servicer to foreclose on the […]
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