Ok, I know it is farfetched that the guy actually died from the harassment but it still shines a light on the fact that many of the mortgage companies verbally abuse homeowners to try and squeeze money. Thanks to CNN & Diana Goloby for parts of this article.
That being said, when you hear some of these calls it makes you wonder. In one of call the wife told the bank that the husband had just been life flighted to the hospital…the banks response is along the lines of “Get that helicopter to drop off your payment.”
In another mafia-style call he they roll out, “When I see you, I’m going to f**** you up. I want my money and I want it now.”
You can listen live here:
http://us.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2009/12/08/zarrella.am.abusive.debt.collectors.cnn
Summary: A widow is suing her mortgage servicer, claiming harassing debt collection calls exaggerated her husband’s heart problems, added to his level of stress and eventually led to his death.
Dianne McLeod’s husband had a heart condition and was airlifted to a hospital after having a heart attack. He went on disability. The McLeods fell three months behind on payments. The harassing phone calls added up, sometimes 10 times a day, until Stanley McLeod’s death in 2005.
Now Dianne wants the servicer, Green Tree Servicing LLC, to take responsibility for her husband’s wrongful death. But the servicer denies any connection between its collection practices and Stanley’s death.
“The collection activity did not lead to his death,” Brian Corey, senior vice president/general counsel of Green Tree, told CNN. “The claim is meritless. We deny that the content, the number, or the timing of the calls, had anything to do with him dying in 2005.”
- The Bank Slayer
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