In a case that was defended by Cooper Walker at Frost Echols, a District Court judge in Texas has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case after the plaintiff admitted during a deposition that he never asked the defendant to stop calling …
Read More »Judge Grants MSJ For Defendant in TCPA Case Over One Wrong Number Call
A District Court judge in Texas has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case ruling that a single wrong number placed by a collector to the plaintiff did not violate the statute, while also warning the plaintiff — who has “repeatedly” filed similar …
Read More »Judge Grants MSJ for Defendant in FDCPA Case Over Mistaken Identity
If cases of mistaken identity weren’t a real thing, there wouldn’t be so many movies written about it. What matters, though, to companies in the accounts receivable management industry is what you do after you find out you might be trying to collect from the wrong person. If done correctly, …
Read More »Judge Rules Collection Suit Does Not Waive Arbitration Clause
Filing a collection lawsuit against an individual does not waive the arbitration clause in an underlying credit agreement, ruled a District Court judge in Texas, who has granted a defendant’s motion to compel arbitration in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case. A copy of the ruling in the case …
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