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· 4/30/1920

Wells v. Burton

Citations

  • 188 Ky. 281
  • 221 S.W. 513
  • 1920 Ky. LEXIS 271

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a plaintiff could survive summary judgment on an FDCPA claim because a jury could believe that defendants filed a false affidavit of service
  • granting plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment as to liability for conversion based on garnished wages
  • “Courts in this Circuit . . . have concluded that principals or corporate parents may be held vicariously liable for their agents’ or subsidiaries’ actions that violated the FDCPA where the principals are themselves ‘debt collectors.’”

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Judges: Clay, William

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