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Consumer Law : Fair Debt Collection Practices Act – Unsophisticated Consumer Standard – Violation Of Cease Letter
Stephanie Maniscalco//September 12, 2018//
Where a plaintiff, who was a former debt collector, sued a law firm engaged in debt collection alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, summary judgment for the defendant is affirmed because the plaintiff did not show that the district court faulted him for his prior debt collecting work by failing to use the unsophisticated-consumer standard, and the plaintiff also did not show a violation of the cease letter.
Judgment is affirmed.
Scheffler v. Gurstel Chargo, P.A. (MLW No. 72046/Case No. 17-2141 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Grasz, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Doty, J. (Peter James Nickitas, Minneapolis, argued for appellant) (Manuel H. Newburger, Austin, Texas, and Amy M. Goltz, Golden Valley, Minnesota, argued for appellee).
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