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Washington District Court Awards $60,000 in Emotional Distress Damages to Plaintiffs in FDCPA Case

Troutman Sanders

Columbia Debt Recovery , a Washington district court awarded each plaintiff $30,000 in emotional distress damages under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), $120 in treble actual damages under the Washington Collection Agency Act (WCAA) and the Washington Consumer Protection Act (WCPA), and $2,000 in statutory damages under the FDCPA.

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Domesticating and Enforcing Your Foreign Judgments With a Massachusetts Collections Attorney

Collections Law

Though it is their legal right, they can manipulate them to delay the debt payment process. Though we may use aggressive measures to recover your debt, we nonetheless make sure that we treat all debtors with sheer respect and dignity. By law, a judgment debtor has so many ways to defend themselves.