A summary of recent top FCRA, TCPA and FDCPA cases from ACA. Editor’s note: This article is available for members only.
7/2/2021 9:00
Each week, ACA International’s compliance team covers relevant case summaries for ACA members. Members may also submit cases for consideration to our compliance team at [email protected].
Here are the cases covered June 29 – July 2:
June 29
Saroza v. Lyons: Court Grants Summary Judgment for Collection Firm
After establishing the plaintiff had standing for his FDCPA claims, the court granted summary judgment because the defendant’s dunning letter properly included costs with the principal amount of the debt.
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Hufnus v. Donotpay: Court Finds Dialing Platform is Not an ATDS
The court found that the defendant’s dialing platform was not an ATDS because it “only contacts phone numbers specifically provided by consumers during [the defendant’s] registration process, and not phone numbers identified in a random or sequential fashion.”
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Thomas v. CBC: Debt Collector Not Obligated to Confirm CRA Removed Information as Requested
The consumer disputed medical debt on her credit report. Close to the same time, the medical provider asked the debt collector to stop credit reporting all of their accounts. The debt collector complied. One CRA did not remove the accounts from the consumer’s credit report. The consumer sued claiming the debt collector did not report her debt as disputed.
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June 30
Klein v. Foster & Garbus: Collection Letter Adequately Listed Amount of the Debt
A court found that, although a letter did not track the precise language of the 2nd Circuit’s Avila disclosure, its reference to “interest or other charges or fees accru[ing] on this account” was not misleading.
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Bradley v. Progress Residential Property Manager: Court Allows Claim to Proceed Due to Lack of Evidence Showing Defendant Was Not a Debt Collector
The consumer claimed the property management company was a debt collector under the FDCPA and violated the FDCPA by providing deceptive forms. The property management company denied being a debt collector but did not provide enough facts to disprove the consumer’s claim. The court granted in part and denied in part the property management company’s motion to dismiss.
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Keyes v. Nationstar: FDCPA Defendants Win Sanctions Award Against Plaintiff’s Attorney
The District Court of New Jersey refused to reconsider its award of sanctions against a plaintiff’s attorney in an FDCPA action where the attorney raised arguments that were clearly barred, repeatedly missed deadlines and filed frivolous motions.
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July 1
Green v. Americollect: Court Examines Reasonable Investigation of Consumer Dispute
The consumer claimed the debt collector did not remove the disputed status from her account after she sent a letter to Equifax requesting the removal of the disputed status from her account. The consumer claimed violation of both the FDCPA and FCRA. The debt collector moved for judgment on the pleadings.
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Van Conor v. One Life American: South Carolina Court Finds TCPA Plaintiff Has Standing
The latest court to find TCPA plaintiffs have standing to sue for claims arising during the 2015-2020 time period finds permitting such claims does not constitute a content-based restriction on free speech, but instead creates a disparity in treatment based on the absence of fair notice to one category of defendants. This disparity does not preclude standing.
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July 2
Ingram v. Experian: Court Finds Consumer Failed to Raise a Bona Fide Dispute
The consumer claimed an account was opened in his name fraudulently. The consumer disputed the debt with the creditor and debt collector but failed to provide requested information, such as a police report, until after litigation had begun.
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Reyes v. NAR: Collectors Win Dismissal on Two Grounds
Citing the Petition Clause, the Utah District Court dismissed a consumer’s claim that collectors violated Section 1692f(1) and 1692e of the FDCPA by seeking to recover collection fees in a related state court litigation. The court also dismissed the consumer’s claim that a proposed confession of judgment violated the FDCPA.
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