Link: Smith v. Simm Associates, Inc., Case No. 17-C-769 (E.D. Wisc., Sept. 30, 2018).
A class action case brought by Edelman Combs Latturner & Goodwin LLC was thrown at at summary judgment by judge William C. Griesbach. The plaintiff alleged that the collection letters sent out by the defendant violated § 1692g(a) by:
Smith alleges that Simm violated §§ 1692g(a)(2) and 1692e of the FDCPA by failing to identify Comenity as the “current creditor” in its letter, instead of as the “original creditor.” Although Comenity was both the original and the current creditor, Smith claims that the letter nevertheless violated § 1692g(a)(2) by failing to also expressly identify Comenity as the “current creditor.”
The court found that:
There was nothing abusive, unfair, or deceptive about Simm’s notice to Smith about her outstanding debt. The letter contained the name of the creditor to whom the debt was owed, and offered payment arrangements authorized by PayPal Credit, the name Smith was most likely to recognize as the source of the debt. I therefore conclude that Simm did not violate § 1692g.