Pa. RESPA Action to Proceed Against SunTrust Bank, Captive Reinsurer

PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania federal judge has allowed a mortgage reinsurance action to proceed against SunTrust Mortgage Inc. and its captive reinsurer, explaining that he cannot determine at this time whether the applicable statutes of limitations have been tolled.

On June 26, Judge C. Darnell Jones II of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ordered further discovery on the issue of when the plaintiffs were on notice of their claims of violations of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (RESPA), unjust enrichment, and unfair practices.

Christopher Thurmond, Kathy Mull, Jeanne Ryan, Lemuel D. Acosta …