· 7/16/1963
Walker v. Ladd
Citations
- 219 F. Supp. 404
- 138 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 386
- 1963 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10016
How courts have described this case
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- finding a plaintiff with claims for statutory damages to be an adequate representative for a class action brought under the FDCPA
- acknowledging similarity of injury caused by the defendant’s letter sufficient to satisfy commonality and typicality requirements even if “the extent of the monetary damages suffered by individual class members varies”
- refusing to deny class certification in an FDCPA case when there were “substantial questions” regarding the defendant’s true net worth and when the defendant’s CEO “had ‘no idea’ ” about the status of a related entity disclosed on the defendant’s balance sheet
- using net worth to deny class certification
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Judges: Jackson
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