Tag Archives: District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has lowered the fee award in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, almost ending up exactly in the middle between the amount sought by the plaintiff and the amount suggested by the defendant. A copy of the ruling in the case of Bush …

A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has granted summary judgment in favor of a defendant that was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act a second time, after the plaintiff filed a motion for reconsideration, ruling that a collection letter sent to the plaintiff was not false, deceptive, …

In what feels like a “three people who have never been in my kitchen” claim, a District Court judge in Pennsylvania has granted a motion to dismiss filed by two debt collection companies that were sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Fair Credit Reporting …

A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment after it was sued for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by allegedly reporting inaccurate information to the credit reporting agencies and allegedly failing to produce the requested information …

There are cases where a judge looks at the claims and determines that the plaintiff did not suffer any actual injury and therefore does not have standing to sue. And then there are lawsuits where the plaintiff doesn’t allege to have suffered an injury of any kind, which makes the …

Winning a collection lawsuit because the judge ruled there was not a sufficient chain of custody to prove the account was transferred by the original creditor to the entity purchasing the account is not enough evidence that a juror could use to conclude a false statement was made, ruled a …

A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has denied a defendant’s motion for summary judgment, ruling that “reasonable juror” could determine that a collector acted with “requisite intent” when it made 12 calls to an individual after being notified that the individual no longer wanted to be contacted about an unpaid …

A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has denied a defendant’s motion for reconsideration on the grounds that the plaintiffs in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lacked standing, affirming a summary judgment ruling that had previously been awarded in favor of the plaintiffs, ruling that the plaintiff’s decision not to …

A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because settlement offers mentioned in an initial collection notice allegedly violated the 30-day dispute window. A copy of the ruling in the case of Bernard …

Strike two. A plaintiff alleging a collection agency violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by using a letter vendor to print and mail the collection letter she received has had her case dismissed by a federal judge for lack of standing, although this time the judge is not giving …