Foreclosures pounding court clerks with paperwork

From his cubicle on the fifth floor of the Tampa courthouse, Brian Krummerich gets an intimate look at the mortgage foreclosure crisis.

Case files overwhelm his desk. He stamps each with a number. Three other court clerks process cases alongside him, and still the tsunami of paperwork doesn't cease.

At 9:30 a.m. on a recent Wednesday, he stamps the latest lawsuit: Case No. 9,141.

In 2006, the 9,141th civil case wasn't filed until ... Full Story »