eBook details
- Title: Wilson v. Quadramed Corporation
- Author : Third Circuit U.S. Court Of Appeals
- Release Date : January 28, 2000
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
Description
The question before us is whether the District Court erred as a matter of law in holding that language contained in a debt collection letter, which notified the debtor that his account has been placed with the debt collector for "immediate collection," and that it "shall afford [the debtor] the opportunity to pay this bill immediately and avoid further action against you," did not overshadow or contradict the required validation notice under 15 U.S.C. S 1692g(a) and, therefore, did not confuse or mislead the "least sophisticated debtor" as to his statutory rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to validate and dispute the debt. The debtor has also asked this court to certify a class under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a) and (b)(3) which would allegedly consist of similarly situated debtors, i.e., debtors who received the same debt collection letter from the debt collector.