Amanda Horkey v. J.V.D.B. & Associates, Inc., an Illinois Corporation

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• finding that debt collector’s phone call to debtor’s co-worker was “in connection with the collection of a debt” where purpose of the call was to induce debtor to settle her debt
• finding that debt collector’s phone call to debtor’s co-worker was “in connection with the collection of a debt” where purpose of the call was to induce debtor to settle her debt
• holding Defendant knew or had reason to know Plaintiff’s employer prohibited debt related calls at work when Plaintiff told Defendant she “could not talk to him at work” about her debt.
• finding violation of 1692c(a)(3) where defendant continued to contact plaintiff at work after she orally informed them that it was an , inconvenient place several times
• affirming grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff on section 1692d claim where the collection company called her workplace and told a coworker to \stop being such a [expletive] bitch\
• determinative inquiry is whether the natural consequence of the language was to abuse the hearer

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).