In a case that was defended by Cooper Walker and the team at Frost Echols, a District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment, ruling a plaintiff lacked standing to pursue a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case because she did not suffer a …
Read More »Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Case Over Mis-Spelled Name in Letter
A District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss, ruling that it did not violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by including additional information in a collection letter that the plaintiff said made him confused about to whom to pay and because the letter …
Read More »Judge Grants MTD For Lack of Standing Over Hunstein Claim
Judge Cathy Seibel of the District Court for the Southern District of New York gets it. Judge Seibel is the latest in a growing line of judges across the country who are ruling that plaintiffs filing Hunstein claims do not have standing to sue in federal court because they did …
Read More »Judge Grants MSJ For Defendant in FDCPA Case Over Misstated Debt Amount in Letter
After defaulting on a credit card debt, having a judgment issued against you, and then receiving four more collection letters seeking to collect on a debt, is there anyone who thinks that the next letter is going to induce an individual to repay the debt? But because the balance was …
Read More »SDNY Judge Grants Motion for Defendant in FDCPA Case Over Issues with Letter
A District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act when it mentioned in a letter that an account may be placed with an attorney “for possible legal action” and …
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