Panel: District Court Erred In Dismissing Debt Collection Lawsuit

RICHMOND, Va. – A federal district court erred in dismissing a consumer’s Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) claims because she properly showed that a law firm and one of its attorneys “knowingly” violated the act and was not required to show that they “willfully” violated it, a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Jan. 11 (Margaret G. Herring Warren v. Sessoms & Rogers, P.A., et al., No. 10-2105, 4th Cir.; 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 552).

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