Classes Certified in Suit Against Collection Firm

Two classes of Florida residents were certified in a suit alleging a debt collection firm violated federal law when it attempted to collect patients’ outstanding debts from emergency medical expenses, according to a March 26 opinion from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Manno v. Healthcare Revenue Recovery Group LLC, S.D. Fla., 0:11-cv-61357-RNS, 3/26/13).

The classes allege that the Healthcare Revenue Recovery Group violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by its employees’ failure to identify themselves as debt collectors and by their use of automated dialers ...