IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA
CIVIL ACTION PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff/ Appellant, vs. JESSIKA D. PARISH , et al, Defendant( s )/Appellee( s ). CASE NO.: 09-016602-CI DIVISION: 19 ____________________________ ! NOTICE OF FILING Plaintiff, PHH MORTGAGE by and through its undersigned counsel, hereby gives Notice ofFiling the Certified Copy of hearing transcript for the Non-Jury Trial held on November 17,2011 at 3:00p.m. before Judge Amy Williams and transcribed by Dale E. RPR of Esquire Deposition Services- Tampa, Florida. I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been :,t- fumished by U.S. Mail to all parties listed on the attached service list on this 8\ day of February, 2012. FILE_NUMBER: F09095765 11111111111111111111111 11111111111!11111 Florida Default Law Group, P.L. P.O. Box 25018 Tampa, Florida 33622-5018 I (813) 25 -4766 i Serial: 18769928 DOC_ID: M003106
Certified Copy IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR PINELLAS COUNTY .CIVIL ACTION PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff(s ), vs. JESSIKA D. PARISH; ET AL., Defendant(s). -------------------------- ESQ1J!.B& COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17,2011 3:00p.m. 545 First Avenue North St. Petersburg, Florida Dale E. DeFranco, RPR CASE NO. 09-016602 CI Toll Free: 800.838.2814 Facsimile: 813.221.0755 Suite 3350 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa FL 33602 www.esquiresolutlons.com
1 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR PINELLAS COUNTY CIVIL ACTION CASE NO. 09-016602 CI PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, vs. JESSIKA D. PARISH; ET AL., Defendants. PROCEEDINGS: BEFORE THE HON. JUDGE: DATE: PLACE: TIME: REPORTED BY: Dale E. DeFranco, RPR Notary Public, State of Florida NON-JURY TRIAL AMY WILLIAMS Circuit Court Judge November 17, 2011 Pinellas County Courthouse 545 First Avenue North St. Petersburg, Florida 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Esquire Deposition Services - Tampa, Florida 813-221-2535 (800 838-2814) Job No. 264263
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 3 INDEX PAGE Motion in Limine ................................ . 8 Testimony of: RONALD CASPERITE Direct Examination by Ms. Tilka ............... 15 Cross-Examination by Mr. Cappa ................ 32 Redirect Examination by Ms. Tilka ............. 34 Defense's Motion for Involuntary Dismissal ....... 41 Judge's Ruling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Certificate of Reporter .......................... 44 EXHIBITS PLAINTIFF'S Exhibit No. 1 Note ........................ 17 Exhibit No. 2 Mortgage .................... 17 Exhibit No. 3 Demand Letter .......... ..... 25
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 04:08 04:08 04:08 04:09 04:09 5 early this year. If I can approach, Your Honor, I can kind of explain the issue and maybe that could sway you to possibly change your mind on the continuation aspect. MR. CAPPA: If you look at my motion, it goes through the facts that she's referring to. MS. TILKA: May I approach, Your Honor? THE COURT: You may approach. MS. TILKA: Your Honor, here's the copy of the Loan Modification Agreement that was attempted to be entered into between my client and the Defendant. There are some issues with whether it was on time or was not, but that's neither here nor there. The Defendant did make a first-time contribution payment along with the first payment. Originally this loan modification was ultimately denied because if you turn to page four and look at the signatures, they weren't in the right spot. You can see that there are two lines that have a name and a line on top of it and that's where's my client intended for the Loan Modification Agreement to be signed. However, it was initialed below that portion and therefore the loan modification was rejected by my client. Toll Free: 800.838.2814 Facsimile: 813.221.0755 Suite 3350 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, FL 33602 www.esquiresolutlons.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 6 We believe that if we were to continue the
trial and possibly pursue the last mitigation angle, we think we would be able to work out some type of resolution that would be in both my 04:09 client's interest and in the Defendant's interest. THE COURT: Now, this was March of 2009. How long ago was that? The document you just handed me is dated March 2011. MS. TILKA: Yes, ma'am. 04:()9 THE COURT: So if your client thought it was signed in the wrong place, how long have they had to correct this document? MS. TILKA: Well, Your Honor, respectfully, they are -- 04:10 04:iO 04:10
. THE COURT: How long is that? I didn't hear your answer, counsel. MS. TILKA: Approximately six to 9even months depending on how and when the loan modification ultimately was denied. THE COURT: You mean eight months by the calendar, March of 2011 -- MS. TILKA: Excuse me, Your Honor. It was ultimately denied on May 19th, so May, June, July, August, September, October, November -- THE COURT: I don't care when your client Toll Free: 800.838.2814 Facsimile: 813.221.0755
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 04:10 04:11 04:12 04:25 04:34 7 said it wasn't any good. The day it was filed your client should have discovered if it wasn't signed in the right place and they should have notified the people who signed it -- MS. TILKA: Yes, Your Honor, and -- THE COURT: And that wouldn't take -- don't interrupt me -- and that wouldn't take eight months. So we don't continue a trial because your client didn't correct the document. we don't waste taxpayers' dollars for that. Are we clear? MS. TILKA: Yes, ma'am. THE COURT: Thank you. We're either going to modify it and make an agreement or we're going to go to trial. Make your decision. MR. CAPPA: Can we allow the Plaintiff's corporate representative to make a phone call? THE COURT: Absolutely. MR. CASPERITE: Thank you, Your Honor. THE COURT: If you could let your client know we're going to start the trial at 3:30 by the courtroom clock; we'll be on the record. Let me know by then. Thank you. (Recess) THE COURT: All right. Back on the record in Case Number 09-016602-CI, PHH Mortgage versus Toll Free: 800.838.2814 Facsimile: 813.221.0755 Suite 3350 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, FL 33602 www.esquiresolutlons.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 04:34 04:35 04:35 04:35 04:35
' 8 Jessika Parish, et al. We're here for the trial on the mortgage foreclosure case. I have given counsel an additional thirty minutes to work out a settlement. I have denied the Defendant's Motion for Continuance of the trial and we'll proceed at this point. What says the Plaintiff? MS. TILKA: Yes. We're ready to proceed at this point. We have one witness. MR. CAPPA: I have a Motion in Limine, if I may approach? THE COURT: You may. MR. CAPPA: This is the Feltus situation. Here's the caselaw. The Plaintiff has filed a complaint foreclosure which is attached to the note. The note is substantially different than the one that was filed roughly eight months later which they filed a Notice of Filing an Allonge, attached. I believe that the Plaintiff is stuck to the four corners of the complaint. Feltus is a Second DCA case which is directly on point. The filing of the subsequent allonge with the original note is substantially different than the one attached to the complaint. It is a nullity. There's also three other issues in my Toll Free: 800.838.2814 Facsimile: 813.221.0755 ESQ 1 2 . ! J 3 ~ ~ ~ Suite 3350 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, FL 33602 www .esquiresolutlons.com
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 9 Motion in Limine. I can go through each one. But I believe that the first one relies on any subsequent notes, that should be struck from the Court -- The Plaintiff should be precluded from 04:36 relying on any note or mortgage that varies from the copy attached to the complaint. Issue Number Two, the Plaintiff should be precluded from relying on any statements that came from the entity other than the Plaintiff. In 04:36 discovery the Plaintiff has turned over history of payments that show some other party, other than PHH, tracks the history of payments. And Issue Number Three, the Plaintiff should be precluded from producing any statement 04:37 that it is the servicer acting on behalf of the true owner where the Plaintiff has failed to produce any evidence of agreement between the owner of the debt and the servicer. At this point the Plaintiff has filed 04:37 affidavits stating it was the servicer and they have provided discovery that shows another party, specifically Aurora,. is the true owner of the debt. THE COURT: All right, thank you. MS. TILKA: Your Honor, first of all I would 04:37 like to address the issue of the original note.
. 10 The original note was filed in the court file. This is an issue about when my Client, PHH, became the owner of said note. That could be offered through direct examination and therefore I don't believe that the original note which is a self-authenticating document should be precluded from evidence. Secondly, Your Honor, the Aurora versus Deburg case indicates you're allowed to proceed as the holder of the mortgage note. And the mortgage note would indicate that there is a blanket endorsement. The Plaintiff is PHH. They claimed in paragraph four that, "we're the holder and/or owner." We're proceeding under the holder section of paragraph four of Plaintiff's complaint and therefore, Your Honor, we do not have to be the owner of the note and mortgage to proceed and have standing as such. THE COURT: Okay. What about Issue Number Two? MS. TILKA: Yes, Your Honor. The Plaintiff is the holder of the mortgage loan and the servicer of the mortgage loan and, therefore 1 has the burden to testify on behalf of the investor. THE COURT: He's saying the true plaintiff is Toll Free: 800.838.2814 Facsimile: 813.221.0755 ESQ Suite 3350 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, FL 33502 www.esquiresolutions.com
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 11 not PHH. You're saying the true plaintiff is PHH? MS. TILKA: Yes. PHH is the servicer and holder of the mortgage note. THE COURT: Okay. And what about, do you 04:39 agree that two different notes have been filed here? MS. TILKA: No, ma'am. Typically what occurs is a copy of the mortgage note, a copy of the mortgage note from the origination was likely 04:39 attached to the mortgage foreclosure complaint. However, the evidence that has been presented, which is a notice of filing of the original, does contain two additional allonges which endorse the note. 04:39 And therefore, Your Honor, we believe we can proceed with the original mortgage note which is a self-authenticating document and indicates that my client is the holder and servicer of such. THE COURT: But it's your contention they're 04:39 the same note -- MS. TILKA: Yes, ma'am. THE COURT: -- just some labor things were closed -- MS. TILKA: Right. It was a loan origination 04:40 file. Typically we would file the original note
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 04.:42 04:42 04:42 04:42 04:43 13 MR. CAPPA: There should have been a motion for an amended complaint and Plaintiff should file the amended complaint with the proper note attached. THE COURT: But what does the Court have to do now? MR. CAPPA: I think the Court is stuck to the pleadings, the complaint, the four corners of the complaint which is, as required in the Purkey case. I think they cannot consider evidence outside what was actually in the original complaint. THE COURT: Okay. But what I'm getting at is if the Second District said we shouldn't grant summary judgment because there was an issue of material fact, what that means is we should try the case. Because there is a genuine issue of material fact and the Court has to try that fact and determine that issue of fact. So now we're at that stage and we're at the trial, and it's your position that they can't offer into evidence certain other evidence other than what they attached to the complaint? MR. CAPPA: Yes. Because the allonge, by definition, is supposed to be permanently affixed to the complaint. This is trial by ambush by Tall Free: 800.838.2814 Facsimile: 813.221.0755 Suite 3350 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, FL 33602 www.esqulresolutlans.com COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 14 1 setting, attaching something that is different 2 showing the different owner or holder of the note 3 as was originally attached to the complaint. 4 THE COURT: Well, if you have never seen it 5 04:43 before, but the fact is that you did receive it -- 6 could you say on the record when you did receive 7 it? 8 MR. CAPPA: We received it eight months after 9 the filing of the complaint. And they never filed 10 04:43 a motion to amend. We deny in our answer they were 11 the owner and holder of the note. And they never 12 filed a motion to amend their pleading. 13 THE COURT: Okay. All right. The Motion in 14 Limine is going to be denied. It is a genuine 15 04:43 issue of material fact which is whether the 16 Plaintiff is the owner and holder of the note and 17 that's one of the things we will consider in the 18 trial today. 19 All right. Plaintiff, you may call your 20 04:44 first witness. 21 MS. TILKA: Your Honor, we would like to call 22 Ronald Casperite. 23 THE COURT: Thank you. Come forward and I'll 24 swear you in. 25 04:44
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 15 RONALD CASPERITE, a witness, having been duly sworn to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, was examined and testified as follows: 04:44 THE WITNESS: I do. MS. TILKA: And, Your Honor, I'm going provide opposing counsel as well, Your Honor, a copy of our exhibit folder THE COURT: Okay. 04:45 MS. TILKA: which contains four proposed exhibits. May I approach? Thank you, Your Honor. THE COURT: Thank you. MS. TILKA: And I'll hand them to you, Ron, as we proceed, okay? 04:45 DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MS. TILKA: Q. Please state your name for the record. A. Ronald Casperite. Q. And Ron, who is your current employer? 04:45 A. PHH Mortgage Corporation. Q. And what is your title? A. Complex liaison. Q. And what do you do as a complex liaison for PHH Mortgage? 04:45 A. I work in the foreclosure department. I
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 04:47 04:47 04:47 04:47 04:48 17 is the original mortgage and the original mortgage note. I'd respectfully request the Court to take judicial notice and enter into evidence the original mortgage and the original mortgage note as they're the self-authenticating documents in the evidence code. THE COURT: All right. Can you tell me what date you filed it? MS. TILKA: Yes, Your Honor. The original document, the notice of filing was served on 11/19/2009. THE COURT: Okay. I have it here in the court file. I have the original mortgage. Mr. Cappa, any objection? MR. CAPPA: I have no objections. MS. TILKA: So, Your Honor, can the record reflect the note is Exhibit 1 and the mortgage is Exhibit 2 so it corresponds with the evidence? THE COURT: It can. Any objection to that numbering? MR. CAPPA: That's fine. THE COURT: Okay. The note is one and the mortgage is two. (Exhibits 1 and 2 were received into evidence.) MS. TILKA: Thank you, Your Honor. And I'm Toll Free: 800.838.2814 Facsimile: 813.221.0755 Suite 3350 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, FL 33602 www .esquiresolutions.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 18 not sure if Pinellas will destroy exhibits. I know
some circuits do. So in which case I would ask that just a copy be entered into evidence so they don r t destroy -- 04:48 THE COURT: Actually I already marked this into evidence, but you can post-trial submit a motion for return of the original documents and that's a court order and the clerk does read. MS. TILKA: Thank you. Your Honor. 04:48 BY MS. TILKA: Q. I'm now handing to you a copy of the note which has just been entered into evidence as Plaintiff's Exhibit 1. Can you please read who the original lender is. 04:48 A. Caldwell Banker Home Loans. Q. Can you flip to the back pages where there's two allonges attached and can you please explain and describe both allonges. A. The allonge states that it's pay to, without 04:49 recourse from PHH Mortgage Corporation, doing business as Coldwell Banker Mortgage. And the next allonge reflects one paid to the order of PHH Mortgage Corporation and -- MR. CAPPA: Your Honor, I object. What he's 04:49 reading is different than what is on the allonges.
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 04:49 04:50 04:50 04:50 04:51 19 Is he saying Coldwell Banker Mortgage Corporation reflects Coldwell Banker Home Loans? THE WITNESS: I would like to clarify. THE COURT: Go ahead. THE WITNESS: First allonge -- I had this backwards -- the first allonge without recourse of Coldwell Banker Home loans signed by the assistant vice president to pay PHH Mortgage Corporation. And the second one is an endorsement in blank with nobody pay to the order of, and signed by, and that is assistant vice president, PHH Mortgage Corporation. BY MS. TILKA: Q. And, Ron, will you please describe the relationship that PHH has with Coldwell Banker and if there is any business relationship amongst the entities on the endorsement. A. PHH Mortgage is a private label lender. We're one of the nation's largest company. And what we do is we originate loans on behalf of other companies. In this instance, Coldwell Banker Home Loans, we originate loans on their behalf. We also do it for Century 21. We do a lot of things for ERA Mortgage and USAA, just to mention a few, where a company would like to get into the mortgage business and offer mortgage Toll Free: 800.838.2814 Facsimile: 813.221.0755 Suite 3350 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, FL 33602 www.esquiresolutions.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 20 services to their customers. That company will then contract with PHH Mortgage Corporation to originate the loans in their name on their behalf. And we handle all servicing. If the customers have questions about their 04:51 loans we're there to answer on their behalf and answer as that entity. And this is with Coldwell Banker Home Loans that we work on their behalf. Q. So, Ron, have you been servicing this loan -- or has PHH been servicing this loan since the 04:51 origination of the loan? A. Yes. Q. So PHH has collected all payments under this mortgage note and applies to payment history as such? A. Yes. 04:51 Q. Can you please turn to the last pages before the allonges and read on the record who signed the mortgage note. A. Jessika D. Parish, David M. Parish. Q. And can you look on the first page of the 04:52 mortgage note and show or read onto the record what date that was signed. A. July 21, 2006. Q. Thank you. And, Ron, the next thing I'm handing to you - if Your Honor will let me approach 04:52 is a copy of what has been entered as Plaintiff's
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 21 Exhibit 2. THE COURT: You may. BY MS. TILKA: Q. Ron, can you please identify that document 04:52 for the record? A. This is a copy of the mortgage, purported mortgage. Q. And can you tell me who signed that mortgage? A. Jessika D. Parish, David M. Parish. 04:52 Q. Thank you. Ron, let's now go back to the business records we were talking about before and your familiarity with such. Do you what a demand letter is? A. I do. 04:53 Q. And please describe what a demand letter is in general terms. A. When a loan goes 45 days delinquent a Notice of Intent is generated and sent to the borrower allowing them 30 days to bring a loan current or 04:53 foreclosure proceedings will begin. Q. And does the mortgage in this particular instance require a default or notice of intent accelerated letter; does it require one of those to be sent? 04:53 A. Yes .
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 23 MR. CAPPA: I object to that. I don't have a copy of that. MS. TILKA: It's in Tab 3. Maybe Tab 4. I apologize. It's under Tab 4. 04:54 MR. CAPPA: This is not a demand letter. MS. TILKA: I apologize, Your Honor. Your Honor, may I approach? THE COURT: You may. BY MS. TILKA: 04:55 Q. Ron, can you please describe the document that I just handed to you. A. This is the Notice of Intention to Foreclose. Q. And is this a demand letter like we were talking about previously that you testified to with the 04:55 business records and how they are created? Is this a demand letter kept in the normal course of business for PHH? A. Yes. Q. So when there's a default on this particular 04:55 mortgage is the information that's inputted in this demand letter made at or near the time of default? A. Yes. Q. And is it made by someone with knowledge? A. Yes. 04:55 Q. And does the person making the record have a
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 25 Q. And is the mortgage loan currently still in default? A. Yes. MS. TILKA: Your Honor, at this point in time 04:57 I'd respectfully request the Court to enter Plaintiff's Exhibit 3, the demand letter. THE COURT: Any objection? MR. CAPPA: No objection. THE COURT: It will be admitted as 04:57 Plaintiff's 3 in evidence. (Plaintiff's 3 was received into evidence.) MS. TILKA: Thank you, Your Honor. Your Honor, if I may approach, I'm going to hand the witness what would be proposed to be marked as 04:57 Plaintiff Exhibit 4. MR. CAPPA: I'd like to object to this. This is not a business record of PHH Mortgage. It clearly is marked for Mortgage Servicing Center. This is not a business record of PHH and I do not 04:57 believe this should be presented to the corporate representative of PHH. MS. TILKA: Your Honor, if I may elicit testimony before I offer it? THE COURT: First tell me where to find that. 04:58 MS. TILKA: I think it's under three, Your
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 27 because we work on behalf of so many different entities. It does have our identification in New Jersey. Q. But is this a record that is PHH's? 04:59 A. Yes. Q. So are you generally familiar with how payment histories are kept in the normal course of business at PHH? A. Yes. 04:59 MR. CAPPA: Your Honor, I object to this being a business record. I don't believe -- this is not the address of PHH Mortgage. THE COURT: Hold on. I'm just asking her to give her a chance to lay the foundation and see if 04:59 it is. I'm going to entertain your objection. Let's see if she can lay the foundation. Go ahead. BY MS. TILKA: Q. Are you generally familiar with how PHH keeps business records, specifically payment histories, for 04:59 mortgage loans in the regular course of business? A. Yes. Q. So, for example, if the borrower makes a payment where does it go? A. I'd like to qualify that. 05:00 Q. So explain how the payment process is made
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 29 received by our customer service department. The customer service department applies it accordingly and it would become part of our regular business records. Q. So when the person who applies the payment in 05:01 the customer service department, they're actually looking at the payment that's been received and putting it into the system that way? A. It should. Q. And that's done as the regular course of 05:02 business at the time the payment was made? A. Yes. Q. And person who enters it in the customer services department, they're going have knowledge of payment because they're reviewing it first? 05:02 A. Correct. Q. And is it in the regular course of PHH to employ these people and to have them put into the payment histories in accordance with the coupons you previously explained? 05:02 A. Yes. Q. And is it in the regular course of PHH's business to compile a payment history-type record? A. Yes. Q. Can you look at the document I just handed to 05:02 you and confirm that this payment history was made in
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 05:03 05:03 05:04 05:04 05:04 31 BY MS. TILKA: Please explain everything that that payment history tells you. A. Okay. This is a year-by-year blow on the accounts for payments received for escrows paid in advance during the collection process and property inspections. It handles the application of the payments, the dates they were received, the dates when everything occurred, everything that coming into and going out of the escrow accounts to pay property taxes. It's everything that is related to the servicing of the loan and application of payments. Q. And again, this is a business record of PHH's despite the fact that it has that other entity on the upper right-hand corner? A. Yes. MS. TILKA: Your Honor, at this point in time I would like to respectfully request the Court to allow Plaintiff's Exhibit 4 as the payment history to be entered into evidence. MR. CAPPA: I object, Your Honor. I do not believe this is a business record of PHH's. It's hearsay within hearsay. THE COURT: All right. The objection will be sustained at this point. You can cross-examine him Toll Free: 800.838.2814 Facsimile: 813.221.0755 Suite 3350 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, FL 33602 www .esqulresolutions.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 05:04 05:05 05:05 05:05 05:05 32 on that document and the plaintiff will be able to offer it in redirect. MR. CAPPA: My objection is sustained? THE COURT: It is sustained. MS. TILKA: Your Honor, I apologize, so I'm not certain. So the testimony -- is the evidence not going to be entered. He's allowed to cross-examine and I'm allowed to re-offer? THE COURT: Well, yeah. The objection to sustained at this point is not in evidence. It's been marked or ID'ed only at this point. And then you will be entitled to cross the witness on this document. And then you can -- upon redirect if you feel you've establish it as a business record, then you can reoffer it at that point and offer it as a business record of the Plaintiff's. MS. TILKA: All right. Thank you, Your Honor. At this point in time that completes my direct examination. THE COURT: Okay. . Cross. CROSS-EXAMINATION BY MR. CAPPA: Q. You said that you are employed by PHH? A. Yes. Q. Where is the office of PHH Mortgage Toll Free: 800.838.2814 Facsimile: 813.221.0755 Suite 3350 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, FL 33602 www.esqulresolutions.com
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 05:06 05:06 05:06 corporation? A. Mount Laurel, New Jersey. Q. Simply the entire city, Mount Laurel? A. No. We have several different buildings and we have several different addresses. 4001 Lee Hall Road is one address we have. I work in a building that is 2001 Bishop's Gate Boulevard. And another address is One Mortgage Way. Everything is in that office complex and so we use different addresses. I can't explain why and how that works, but we do have multiple addresses. Q. So you do not reside here in Florida? A. I do not. Q. Do you live up in New Jersey? A. Yes, sir. Q. So how long have you worked for PHH? A. Roughly 18 months. Q. Okay. And it was your statement that PHH is the owner of the note, or holder of the note? 33 20 OS :07 A. Holder. 21 22 23 24 25 MS. TILKA: Objection. He's asking for a legal conclusion on behalf of my witness. THE COURT: Sustained. BY MR. CAPPA: 05:07 Q. It was your statement that PHH is the -- the
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 05:09 05:09 05:09 05:09 05:10 35 companies. Q. But the A. That is the heading that is on the document. I can't testify to why it is. I know that I review these documents, these history, they all look the same on all of the different loans we do. Q. But the Mortgage Service Center is not PHH Mortgage. A. I can't testify one way or another. Q. You have no knowledge as to that, whether it is or is not PHH Mortgage? Yes or no? A. No. MR. CAPPA: I have no other questions, Your Honor. THE COURT: All right. Redirect. REDIRECT EXAMINATION BY MS. TILKA: Q. Look at this payment history that's sent to you. What does it read on the top? A. Customer account activity statement. Q. On the upper right-hand side. A. The Mortgage Service Center. Q. Is the Mortgage Service Center just what it sounds like, a separate entity? MR. CAPPA: Objection, leading. Toll Free: 800.838.2814 Facsimile: 813.221.0755 Suite 3350 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, FL 33602 www .esqulresotutlons.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 05:10 05:10 05:10 05:10 OS: 11 36 THE COURT: Sustained. BY MS. TILKA: Q. Is Mortgage Service Center a service entity? MR. CAPPA: Objection. THE COURT: Sustained. You have to make it non-leading. BY MS. TILKA: Q. Describe the Mortgage Service Center. A. The Mortgage Service Center is our customer service department at PHH. That's a generic name so it could be used for multiple accounts that we service. Q. So Mortgage Service Center is just another way to put customer service department? A. Yes. Q. And that customer service department works for PHH as PHH's customer service department? A. Yes. MS. TILKA: Your Honor, at this point in time I would again like to move the business, the payment history into evidence. I've established a sufficient foundation that it is a business record. He's testified that the "Mortgage Loan Servicing" on upper right-hand side is merely for the customer service department of PHH Mortgage. He's testify that the business records are kept in the regular Toll Free: 800.838.2814 Facsimile: 813.221.0755 Suite 3350 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, FL 33602 www. esq uiresolutions.com
COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 37 1 course of business by someone who has knowledge, 2 and they're received as proper business records to 3 be entered into evidence. 4 MR. CAPPA: I would object because I asked 5 05:11 him if PHH Mortgage and the Mortgage Service Center 6 were the same entity and he said no. I asked if he 7 had any knowledge as to the Mortgage Service Center 8 and he said no. We can go back and review the 9 questions. 10 OS:11 THE COURT: I'm going to deny the request and 11 admit it into evidence. It's marked for ID only 12 for the record, but the Plaintiff has not met its 13 burden to show that the record entitled Mortgage 14 Service Center is a business record either by the 15 OS: 11 testimony of the witness to show that it's a 16 business record of the Plaintiff who is PHH 17 Mortgage Corporation. 18 Nowhere on the document does this mention 19 PHH Mortgage Corporation. And the witness, as he 20 05:12 testified, is not sure if it's a separate entity or 21 not. 22 MS. TILKA: Your Honor, may I proffer for one 23 more question of the witness? 24 THE COURT: Sure. 2 5 OS: 12 E S Q Q I B ~ ~ Toll Free: 800.838.2814 Facsimile: 813.221.0755 Suite 3350 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, FL 33602 www. esqulresolutions.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 05:12 05:12 05:13 05:13 05:13 38 BY MS. TILKA:
Q. Is there anywhere you can print out a copy of the payment history on a PHH loan and have it not look like this? A. This is our best m e t h ~ d of being able to. On our mainframe we have a printout that's difficult to read the exact same document as far as the application payments and all the charges and everything that is on here; the exact same thing is on our mainframe. It's just difficult to read. So yes, you can print something out from our mainframe that will not have PHH's name on it, but that's what our business records are. This is what we look at all the time. This is the easiest way.
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 05:13 05:13 05:14 05:14 05:14 39 client would have to produce a payment history specifically for trial and that wouldn't be a business record. MR. CAPPA: Let me get this straight. You're able to sent out demand letters for PHH and you're able to print allonges THE COURT: Wait a minute, wait. Is his an objection or are you just asking questions? MR. CAPPA: Yes. It's an objection. THE COURT: I'm not sure where we are. MR. CAPPA: Excuse me, Your Honor. THE COURT: That's okay. You can object. I just need to know what I'm supposed to do with it. MR. CAPPA: She's asking the Court a question how she get a payment history in as hearsay. And she's saying that somehow her client, PHH Mortgage, is not sophisticated enough to THE COURT: Okay. Wait, wait, wait. MR. CAPPA: l couldn't contain myself, Your Honor. I'm sorry. THE COURT: And I understand. We're all lawyers, I'm a lawyer, but -- MS. TILKA: Your Honor, my point of inquiry is that if this is the way my client creates a payment history and it is kept in the regular Toll Free: 800.838.2.814 Facsimile: 813.2.2.1.0755 Suite 3350 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, FL 33602. www.esquiresolutions.com
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 05:14 05:15 05:15 05:15 05:29 40 course of business, how could they possibly produce something that says PHH if it's not a business record and that would be primarily made for trial then? THE COURT: You really want me to answer that? I suspect there's somebody who is smart enough at PHH Mortgage to figure out a way to have it say PHH Mortgage on top of their business records. But I could be wrong and there might not be anyone smart enough. But I suspect there will in the next month. So if I'm wrong you will appeal it to the Second District and tell me I'm wrong and we'll try the case over. MS. TILKA: Thank you, Your Honor. That was the conclusion of my direct examination. However, I will respectfully request this Court to enter into a brief recess so I may confer with my client. THE COURT: All right. We'll take a brief recess. That is not a problem. Ten after four. Let's come back at 4:20 and see what we're going to do then. MS. TILKA: Thank you, Your Honor. THE COURT: Thank you. {A break was taken.) THE COURT: Please proceed. Toll Free: 800.838.2814 Facsimile: 813.221.0755 E SQ l i . . ! . E ~ ~ Suite 3350 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, FL 33602 www .esq ulresolutions.com
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 OS: 30 05:30 05:30 05:30 05:30 41 MS. TILKA: We rest our -- conclude our case. THE COURT: Thank you. Defense? MR. CAPPA: Yes, Your Honor. At this time I would like to move for an involuntary dismissal pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.420(b) which, as you know, is a directed verdict at bench trial because they have not established the following elements necessary to pursue a cause of action for foreclosure for following reasons: One, they failed to establish default. Two, they failed to prove ownership of the Defendant. MS. TILKA: Your Honor, may I respond? THE COURT: You may. MS. TILKA: Your Honor, we offered into evidence the original mortgage note that shows the language on the part of my client. Additionally the demand letter which shows the default. MR. CAPPA: May I respond? THE COURT: Did you address the other -- MS. TILKA: No, Your Honor. We're pursuing it as the servicer of the mortgage. THE COURT: Okay, thank you. MR. CAPPA: And, Your Honor, they never entered into evidence any agreements giving them the right to enforce the note. Furthermore, simply Toll Free: 800.838.2814 Facsimile: 813.221.0755 Suite 3350 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, FL 33602 www .esqulresolutions.com
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 05:31 05:31 05:31 05:32 05:32 42 the letter, the note demand letter is not proof of default, it is simply proof they sent the letter. THE COURT: All right. Motion for directed verdict is granted on two grounds. One is that the Plaintiff failed to establish default in the payment. The Court acknowledges for the record they entered into evidence a default letter, but there has not been established -- they have not met their burden of proof in establishing the Defendants have not paid the mortgage and have, in fact, defaulted on the mortgage. On the second point, the Plaintiff has not established that they have any contractual right to enforce this mortgage or note as the servicer. There's nothing in the record and there's nothing that has been admitted into evidence to show the Plaintiff has the right to enforce the note and mortgage. So directed verdict is granted. Mr. Cappa, I'll have you draft the order and send it over to Ms. Tilka and tell me in your cover letter if she approved it, or doesn't object to the ruling. And you're all welcome to take the appeal. I'll put the evidence in the court record so that it will be filed with the clerk. And I think I have two items for the Plaintiff you may Toll Free: 800.838.2814 Facsimile: 813.221.0755 Suite 3350 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, FL 33602 www.esqulresolutlons.com
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 05:32 43 want back. I'll give you those back. MS. TILKA: Thank you, Your Honor. THE COURT: Thank you all. Thank you for your testimony, sir, and thank you for coming down from New Jersey. time. THE WITNESS: Thank you, Your Honor. THE COURT: Thank you all. See you next * * * * * (Court adjourned at 4:30p.m.) Toll Free: 800.838.2814 Facsimile: 813.221.0755 Suite 3350 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, FL 33602 www .esquiresolutions.com
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COURT PROCEEDINGS November 17, 2011 44 CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF PINELLAS I, DALE DeFRANCO, Registered Professional Reporter, certify that I was authorized to and did stenographically report the foregoing non-jury trial and that the transcript is a true record of the testimony and proceedings. I further certify that I am not a relative, employee, attorney, or counsel of any of the parties, nor am I a relative or employee of any of the parties attorney or counsel connected with the action, nor am I financially interested in the action. Dated: 12/06/2011. Dale DeFranco, RPR Toll Free: 800.838.2814 Facsimile: 813.221.0755 ESQ1!1.BE Suite 3350 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, FL 33602 www.esquiresolutlons.com
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