Washington v. Artus

How courts have described this case

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• holding that individual defendants were not liable when they were not “personally involved in the collection effort” (internal quotations omitted)
• “a majority of courts who have addressed this question have also concluded that foreclosing on a mortgage does not qualify as debt collection activity for purposes of the FDCPA” and collecting cases
• “a majority of courts who have addressed this question have also concluded that foreclosing on a mortgage does not qualify as debt collection activity for purposes of the FDCPA” and collecting cases
• “In the context of a claim of fraudulent concealment, plaintiffs must show: (1) concealment of the alleged wrongdoing; and (2) plaintiffs’ failure to discover the facts giving rise to their claims despite their exercise of due diligence.”
• “Verification of a debt requires only that the debt collector obtain a written statement that the amount being demanded is what the creditor is claiming is owed; the debt collector is not required to keep detailed files of the alleged debt.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “Verification of a debt requires only that the debt collector obtain a written statement that the amount being demanded is what the creditor is claiming is owed; the debt collector is not required to keep detailed files of the alleged debt.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).