Berg v. Merchants Ass'n Collection Division, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• following the reasoning in Foti and finding debt collectors are not entitled to leave messages
• describing automated telephone messages as an “inherently risky method of communication” and noting that debt collectors could use such a mode of communication at their peril
• suggesting alternative means of communications to include postal mail and in-person contact
• “Debt collectors have no entitlement to use automated messages to reach debtors, and courts have no obligation to harmonize different provisions of the FDCPA so that debt collectors may use an inherently risky method of communication.”
• involved message on landline answering machine

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).