Today, our client won a decisive FDCPA victory against Stock & Grimes, LLP and, indirectly, against Discover Bank. Our client alleged that Discover Bank through its debt collection law firm, Stock & Grimes, sued her in Pennsylvania after the expiration of Delaware’s 3-year statute of limitations. Her opponents predictably, and “not surprisingly” according the Court, [...]
recent lawsuits
Our client came to us alleging that the junk debt collector Midland Funding, LLC and its debt collection law firm Pressler & Pressler, LLP violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). According to the federal lawsuit she eventually filed in New Jersey, she alleged that the debt collectors sued her for an alleged junk [...]
Consumer Litigation Group successfully obtained a judgment on behalf of its consumer client against the debt collector Collectcorp Corporation of Phoenix, Arizona. The consumer’s Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) lawsuit against Collectcorp alleged that Collectcorp fraudulently withdrew money from the consumer’s bank account without authorization on a number of occasions. After the consumer filed [...]
A New Jersey man sued Cawley & Bergmann, LLP, a New York debt collector, and he alleged it violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). His New Jersey federal court Complaint alleged that Cawley & Bergmann’s agents recorded numerous debt collection voicemails without disclosures required by the FDCPA. He is asking that the court [...]
Vohwinkel, Sullo & Associates, LLC of Nevada on behalf of its client, Crown Financial Group, Inc. of Florida is alleged to have mailed a threatening debt collection letter to a New Jersey consumer according to a federal lawsuit she filed. She alleged that not only did the debt collection letter fail to comply with the [...]
On April 11, 2011, the New Jersey federal court entered a judgment against Midland Funding, LLC pursuant to an agreement between the litigating parties. The judgment entered provides $4750.00 to a consumer for alleged violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and another $27,500.00 for the attorney’s fees and costs of the consumer. [...]
A civilian defense contractor dependent on her continued security clearances was subjected to abusive debt collection by Premium Asset Recovery Corporation (PARC) and false credit reporting, a federal lawsuit alleges. PARC alleged the defense contractor owed a mistaken sum of money to a hospital that should have been paid by her employer’s workers compensation policy. [...]
A South Jersey woman sued Midland Funding, LLC alleging that it violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.C. 1692, et seq. The woman alleged that Midland Funding violated the FDCPA by filing a time-barred debt collection lawsuit against her in a state court. The suit was filed in the federal courts of [...]