Debt Buyer Dodges FDCPA Claims

Feb. 4, 2014, 5:00 AM UTC

As a matter of law, a man failed to state claims against debt buyer Portfolio Recovery Associates under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act about an expired debt it sought to collect from his wife, according to a Jan. 30 opinion from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, which granted summary judgment for Portfolio Recovery (Newton v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC, 2014 BL 25696, S.D. Ohio, 2:12-cv-00698-GCS-MRA, 1/30/14).

Vernice Newton contended that Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC (PRA) violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.C. §1692 et seq., by ...

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