Lachman v. Bank of Louisiana in New Orleans

How courts have described this case

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• emphasizing that the purpose of the FDCPA and other consumer protection legislation “would be frustrated if consumers had to travel long distances to file and prosecute lawsuits against banks and credit card issuers”
• credit card issuer continued to do business with cardmember who moved; can be sued at later residence in case under the Act
• venue in FDCPA case was proper where plaintiff received debt collection letter because that is where the injury occurred
• state interest in extending personal jurisdiction, “particularly in regard to tort claims,” supports extension of jurisdiction over non-resident defendant in FDCPA case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).