In Surloff v. Regions Bank, et al., No. 4D14-842, 2015 WL 7275207 (Fla. 4th DCA Nov. 18, 2015), the Fourth District Court of Appeal of Florida was faced with the issue of whether Regions Bank (the "Bank") had any duty or "special relationship" with its client that would subject the Bank to liability for its client's suicide. The issue arose after the trial court granted the Bank's motion to dismiss Plaintiff Cheri Surloff's (as personal representative of the Estate of Arthur B. Surloff) (the "Plaintiff") claims of negligent undertaking and negligent infliction of emotional ...
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The long heralded TILA/RESPA Integrated Disclosures (TRID) are coming, and they are already causing some headaches in the real estate market. Congress provided for the new disclosures in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank). The TRID disclosures are designed to improve the existing disclosure process for mortgage lending and real estate closings by consolidating the old Truth in Lending Disclosure Statement (TILA), HUD-1 Settlement Statement (HUD-1), and Good Faith Estimate (GFE) into two new forms called a "Loan Estimate ...
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