JPMorgan Chase & Co. won dismissal of some claims in a lawsuit by the Massachusetts attorney general, who sued the bank and other lenders over foreclosure practices, while a judge ruled that part of the case could proceed, Bloomberg News reported yesterday. Judge Judith Fabricant of Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston granted part of JPMorgan's motion to dismiss the lawsuit and said the motion was "otherwise denied," according to a docket entry dated Nov. 30 and filed today. JPMorgan was sued last year by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, who accused the bank and four other lenders of using fraudulent documents in home foreclosures, foreclosing without legal authority, undermining public land records and misrepresenting loan-modification programs.
