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· 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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