COMPLAINT ACCUSES COLLECTOR OF NOT KNOWING DEBT WAS PREVIOUSLY DISPUTED & LITIGATED
- A collector has removed a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuit to federal court after it was accused of failing to send a validation notice prior to furnishing information about the debt to the credit reporting agencies and for attempting to collect on a debt that the plaintiff allegedly did not owe.
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JUDGE GRANTS MJOP IN FDCPA CLASS OVER LACK OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE IN LETTER
- In a case that was defended by Cooper Walker and the team at Frost Echols, a District Court judge in Massachusetts has granted a defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act class-action case that accused the defendant of not informing the plaintiff in a letter whether interest was accruing on a judgment or specify whether the creditor was waiving any interest that may have accrued.
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NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL DEBT BILL GETS HEARING, PASSES SENATE COMMITTEE
- The bill with possibly the best name ever placed on a piece of legislation cleared a small hurdle yesterday as it makes another attempt at becoming law in North Carolina. The state’s Senate Health Care Committee yesterday held a hearing and subsequently passed the Medial Debt De-Weaponization Act, becoming the first of four Senate committees that must approve the legislation. A companion bill has been introduced in the state House of Representatives.
- More details here.
HEALTHCARE PRACTICE UNDER SPOTLIGHT FOR SUING PATIENTS
- A healthcare practice in New York that performs bariatric surgery is in the spotlight this week for filing a bunch of lawsuits against patients who did not pay their bills, and the chief executive of the practice is putting the blame on the patients in a published report for not forwarding the checks they receive from their insurance providers to the facility.
- More details here.
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