Credit defaults

The following actions were filed by credit card companies, or their collection agencies, for alleged defaults on credit card/loan accounts.Midland Funding, Greenville, South Carolina, filed four actions as follows: Erica Ferrell, 34 Berry Lane, Jim Thorpe, seeking $1,541.09; Jermain Hazel, 50 Canal St., Apt. 50, Lehighton, seeking $1,075.19; Adam Kokinda, Box 553, Lehighton, seeking $1,053.85; and John Marchione, 915 Center St., Jim Thorpe, seeking $1,136.54.Mortgage foreclosuresThe following actions were filed as mortgage foreclosures for alleged defaults on loans.JPMorgan Chase Bank, c/o 1111 Polaris Parkway, Columbus, Ohio, filed against Rod F. and Joellen Groner, Box 621, Jonestown, over property at 14 Cummings Way, Albrightsville. Sought is $148,809.04 and continuing interest.JPMorgan Chase Bank filed against Alfonso A. Lalumia, 7651 Gate Parkway, Apt. 710, Jacksonville, Florida, over property at 429 Lehigh St., Jim Thorpe. Sought is $135,180.44 and continuing interest.Citizens Savings Bank, c/o 500 S. State St., Clarks Summit, filed against James P. Dougherty, 8049 Frontenac St., Philadelphia, and Mitchell T. Solomon, 197 Buckhill Road, Albrightsville, over the Buckhill Road property. Sought is $73,190.30 and continuing interest.Citi Bank, c/o 888 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, California, filed against Scott H. and Arlene A. Korn, 1233 Meadow Bank Road, Villanova, over property at 160 A North Lake Drive, Lake Harmony. Sought is $318,905.82 and continuing interest.HSBC Bank USA, c/o One Mortgage Way, Mount Laurel, New Jersey, filed against Russell C. and Wendy L. Smith, 212 White St., Weissport. Sought is $128,965.10 and continuing interest.HSBC filed against Robert J. Decker, 214 Second St., Weatherly, over property at that address. Sought is $60,189.93 and continuing interest.Hospital billsRemit Corporation, 36 W. Main St., Bloomsburg, on behalf of Blue Mountain Health Systems, filed three actions alleging the defendants owe a bill for services provided.Defendants and amounts sought included: Janet Lee Clay, aka Janet Lee Deitrich, aka Janet Lee Deitech-Clay, 37 Stewart Creek Road, Lehighton, at the Lehighton hospital, $11,891.06; Gary F. Recker, 571 Mauch Chunk Road, Palmerton, at the Palmerton hospital, $3,569.31; and Anthony G. Saslo, aka Anthony G. Saslo III, 410 Lower Smith Gap Road, Kunkletown, at the Palmerton hospital, $1,042.Auto crash suitsTwo actions seeking damages were filed as the result of automobile accidents.David Kasperzack, 10 W. White Bear Drive, Summit Hill, filed an action against Charles H. Nunemacher, 45 W. Phillips St., Coaldale. On Feb. 8, 2015, Kasperzack was on East Broad Street, Tamaqua, when his vehicle was rear-ended by one driven by Nunemacher, the suit alleges. Negligence is alleged for injuries sustained and detailed in the suit. Sought are damages in excess of $50,000.Mary Ann Vanlieu, 445 E. Ridge St., Lansford, filed suit against Benjamin M. Sherry and Lehighton Motors Inc., 21 Blakeslee Blvd., Lehighton. Sherry is identified as an employee of the auto firm.On Nov. 28, 2014, Vanlieu was driving her vehicle along Route 443 eastbound near the intersection of the Thomas J. McCall Memorial Bridge when it was struck by a vehicle operated by Sherry and owned by Lehighton Motors. Negligence is alleged for injuries sustained and detailed in the suit. Sought are damages in excess of $50,000.