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Consumer Law: FDCPA-Class Action-Least-Sophisticated Consumer
Staff Report//August 29, 2019//
Plaintiffs appealed the dismissal of their purported class action under the FDCPA.
Where the least-sophisticated-consumer standard contained an objective element of reasonableness to avoid peculiar interpretations of debt-collector communications, the district court properly denied plaintiffs’ complaint.
Judgment is affirmed.
Carroll v. Rodenburg LLP (MLW No. 73781/Case No. 18-3667 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota, Hovland, J.
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