Link: Rhodes v. ENHANCED RECOVERY COMPANY, LLC, Dist. Court, SD Indiana 2018 (Oct. 19, 2018)
A class was certified in an FDCPA case brought by Philipps and Philipps, Ltd. despite Defendant’s assertions that a heightened ascertainability standard should apply and that a potential consolidation into MDL on a bona fide error defense issue should warrant a stay of that decision.
“Defendant has indicated in its response in opposition to Plaintiff’s class certification motion that it intends to apply to the Multi District Litigation Panel to have this case and four other unidentified cases joined for purposes of conducting discovery regarding a potential bona fide error defense and argues without further explanation that “it would be more appropriate to consider the issue of class certification after Defendant makes its application to the MDL Panel.” Def.’s Resp. at 2. We are not persuaded that Defendant’s potential application to the MDL Panel is an adequate basis on which to delay a ruling on Plaintiff’s motion for class certification.”
The opinion was issued by judge Sarah Barker.