· 12/2/2013
Gwendolyn Phillips v. Asset Acceptance, LLC
Citations
- 736 F.3d 1076
- 82 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 183
- 87 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 287
- 2013 WL 6223572
- 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 23984
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- noting that incentive awards compensate class representatives “for what usually are minimal services”
- quoting, in turn, Tyler v. DH Capital Mgmt., 736 F.3d 455, 464 (6th Cir. 2013)
- filing a time-barred debt collection action is itself a violation of § 1692e because such a suit falsely implies that the debt collector has legal recourse to collect the debt
- “Proof of injury is not required when the only damages sought are statutory.”
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Judges: Posner, Rovner, Williams
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