Case Title: Washington Mut. Bank, F.A. v. Wallace

Citation: 2012-Ohio-5495

Docket Number: 

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2012-12-05T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
Washington Mut. Bank, F.A. v. Wallace, Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-5495.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2012-OHIO-5495 
WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, F.A., APPELLEE, v. 
WALLACE ET AL., APPELLANT. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets,  
it may be cited as Washington Mut. Bank, F.A. v. Wallace,  
Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-5495.] 
Certified conflict question answered in the negative—Court of appeals’ judgment 
reversed and cause remanded for further proceedings consistent with Fed. 
Home Loan Mtge. Corp. v. Schwartzwald. 
(Nos. 2011-1693 and 2011-1694—Submitted December 4, 2012—Decided 
December 5, 2012. 
APPEAL from and CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Warren County,  
No. CA2010-10-103, 2011-Ohio-4174. 
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{¶ 1} The certified conflict question is answered in the negative.  The 
judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, and the cause is remanded to the trial 
court for further proceedings consistent with Fed. Home Loan Mtge. Corp. v. 
Schwartzwald, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2012-Ohio-5017, ___ N.E.2d ___. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
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Thompson Hine, L.L.P., Scott A. King, and Terry W. Posey Jr., for 
appellee. 
Andrew M. Engel, for appellant. 
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