Real estate appraiser wins invasion of privacy lawsuit against CoesterVMS
It’s been a rough couple of months for Brian Coester, and it doesn’t seem like things are turning around just yet.
Coester once ran CoesterVMS, one of the largest appraisal management companies in the country. But in late 2018, word of financial troubles began to circulate, and appraisers were complaining that they weren’t being paid. By February, the AMC had officially closed its doors.
Now, Coester will likely be forced to cough up damages as a judge ruled against him Monday in a lawsuit brought on by Mark Skapinetz, a subcontracted appraiser who worked for CoesterVMS.
…continue reading the rest of this post: Brian Coester admitted to hacking into an appraiser’s personal email. Now a judge says he’ll pay damages