Austin v. Great Lakes Collection Bureau, Inc.

[David A. Szwak]

Austin v. Great Lakes Collection Bureau, Inc.
834 F.Supp. 557
D.Conn.,1993.
July 21, 1993

Consumer sued debt collector alleging violations of Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and parallel provisions of state law. On cross motions for summary judgment, the District Court, José A. Cabranes, Chief Judge, held that: (1) actions of debt collector in continuing to call consumer's office after consumer instructed it not to call her at work because calls inconvenienced her violated Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and (2) debt collector's communications with consumer's secretary in connection with collection of consumer's debt violated Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
Plaintiff's motion granted; defendant's motion denied.

RULING ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT


JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Chief Judge:
This is an action for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq. (“Actâ€