A retired university professor from Galveston, Texas is suing Bank of America because while he and his family were away, agents from the bank seized their personally-owned vacation home, changed the locks, and shut the power off - the latter action resulting in the spoiling of 75 pounds of fish in their freezer.
Schroit, his wife and some friends arrived at the house Oct. 31 to prepare for about 30 guests to arrive the next day for a party, Schroit said. When Schroit’s wife tried to unlock the door, the key wouldn’t work, he said. They noticed a poster with the message that the house had been seized by Bank of America in a foreclosure.
“We have nothing to do with Bank of America,” Schroit said.. Schroit said he suspects the bank was really after a house with the same address number on the next street...
The Schroits called the police and finally managed to get into the top part of their house, only to be hit by an “overpowering putrid smell of rotten fish,” according to the lawsuit. The power had been off for about a week...
The floors had to be cleaned, as did the joists of a lower-level ceiling, through which fish blood seeped, and some painting had to done to get the house back to a “preinvasion” state, according to the lawsuit...
A spokesman for Bank of America has indicated that
the bank feels the lawsuit "has no merit."
BoA will feel differently when they lose this case and pay hefty damages.
ReplyDeleteSince BofA feels the case has no merit, I feel that their depositors ought to, each and every one of them, rent a safety deposit box and store one salmon there where it is safe from forclosure.
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