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I dont know enough about Melissa Coburn's financial position. Apparently she will get her home back, that might be enough to settle.
However, if she would have carried this through to a trial then the RICO award would have been treble damages. Also I believe, a jury verdict in her favor means the district attorney would have taken up the case for criminal procedings.
I dont mean to be harsh, there is an awful lot of complaining about how the homeowners have been defiled on this website. And rightfully so, this is the best forum, in fact the best in the country.
The unlawful behavior of Peters and Freedman or any other law firm, individual, or corporate entity, who breaks the law for monetary gain needs more than a forum to stop bottom feeders like Peters and Freedman in their tracks.
A case in point, the homeowners association at Leisure World have repeatedly broken the law.
Some homeowners there engaged a public interest law firm and they have made significant progress in court. There have been several rulings not in favor of the board in that case.
This is what is needed, the complaints can come and they will, however, legal action, to start in the form of a cease and decist order can provide results.
This is a powerful tool, the injunctive process and is very seldom used to stop any criminals in their tracks.
Back to the Mellissa Coburn case. Unless we are dedicated enough to STOP the bottom feeders, and not just get some money, the violation to our homes will continue.
Follow the Seal Beach Leisure World case. Those that know about it should contribute here. Thank You.
Bob
California
PROFILE: Interested in legislation that will protect the homeowner and preserve homeowners Constitutional rights, whether it be at the state or national level.
Posted Jul 13 2006 6:14AM CEST
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bob dudley
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This is WONDERFUL news. I love to see these attorneys bite the dust!
So to all of those attorneys and realtors involved in the homeowner association foreclosure racket, watch out! Homeowners are moving ahead to move you out. You are gonna loose now!
Posted Jul 19 2004 4:01AM CEST
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JUDY DOYLE
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On your site there is a one-page image of Judge Kaplan's letter to David Peters" relating to the Harder case.
Can I get a good copy of the same?
Posted Jan 22 2004 1:06AM CET
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It is really too bad that this case was settled. A judge had allowed action to proceed under RICO Racketeering and it could have meant the end of David Peters and possibly his law firm.
Given the facts, the California State Bar should initiate an investigation without a complaint. To not do so simply proves what we already know - the State Bar protects lawyers and does little to protect us from lawyers.
Posted Jan 21 2004 3:13PM CET
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We'll all wait and see if they change their ways now...or continue to wag their curly tails at the homeowner association trough.
Ms. Colburn certainly is not the only person these people have stolen homes from, and perhaps ALL of the rest of the abused parties can now come out of the wood work and get their own deserved "pound of flesh".
It is not until the heck is beaten out of the attorneys -repeatedly and mercilessly that anything will ever change.
Certainly any such parties could be encouraged to contact Ms. colburn directly, or her lawyers, to inquire as to filing their own lawsuit.
And while it is believed that these hoa lawyers steal and foreclose on homes on behalf of the hoa and then take title to these homes, isn't that a violation of Rule 4-300 of the California State Bar's Rules of Professional Conduct.
Perhaps if these abused parties can't afford to sue, or don't want to be dragged over the hot coals and crushed glass experience ,known as litigation, they could be inspired and encouraged to file written complaints with the California State Bar.
Confidential settlement agreements do not preclude paperwork and documentation from mysteriously showing up in another person's mail box to be used by others in continuing to attempt to correct the imbalance between the owners and the attorneys.
A Suggestion from AHRC
A chief counsel from an insurance company once reported that the Calfornia Bar Association is very "protective of its membership" and rarely takes any action on complaints it receives.
A retired attorney from Georgia remarked, "If people reported such activities as what California homeowner victims have been reporting, the lawyer would have been disbarred within two months."
AHRC set up web letters after seeing 13 years of letters by homeowners to the Bar Association, Attorney General, law enforcement, lawmekers and businesses disappearing into thin air.
We suggest that you use web letters to write. You will have an electronic copy complaints and letters in your own account on AHRC. A copy of each letter you write is sent to your email address . You can publish your letters on on AHRC, withholding your name at anytime.
Click here for more information:
WRITE MAKES RIGHT -Homeowners, Write, Track and Publish Letters to Government, Vendors & HOAs using the AHRC Website
Posted Aug 9 2003 7:19PM CEST
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I hope she took them for everything they got times ten, but I doubt it. Litigation can be pretty stressful for everyone.
I guess she had to leave a little bit for the rest of the gang lining up to sue these people.
Posted Jul 31 2003 2:05AM CEST
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Lori Samples
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I just bet they wanted this settlement confidential.
I urge each and every person who reads this post, and regardless of your feelings on CACM and/or CAI to contact each of these orgainizations and demand that they remove members who do not uphold their "standards of conduct".
Perhaps if homeowners, along with industry professionals begin to put pressure on these orgainizations to uphold their very own "standards of conduct", then responsible reform can begin.
Posted Jul 27 2003 10:13PM CEST
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Vicki MacHale
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