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GMACCM has passed along terrorism-related legal expenses to all the commercial mortgage-backed securities deals it services that include the loans originated prior to Sept. 11, 2001, Standard & Poor's said. The costs passed along relate to a lawsuit filed by a Texas borrower against GMACCM after the servicer required the borrower to buy terrorism insurance. The case was certified as a class action suit by the Dallas court in June, according to a GMACCM spokesman. Considering that the case has been classified as a class action, GMACCM went ahead and passed on the legal costs to the deals subject to the class action. GMACCM is appealing the decision, according to the spokesman, and they expect the certification to be reversed. S&P reports that the cost passed along by GMACCM to each trust impacted by the action is $2,357 and the total cost recovered is $419,478.