District Court Takes Perplexing View on FDCPA Standing
Consumer Financial Services Law
APRIL 17, 2017
An Illinois district court has taken a broad view of standing under section 1692e of the FDCPA. In Koval v. Harris & Harris, Ltd., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53124 (N.D. Ill. Apr. 5, 2017), a demand letter addressed to Michael Koval was opened and read by his daughter, Kate Koval, who serves as his legal guardian and allegedly had authority to open and read her father’s mail and make decisions on his behalf concerning the mail.
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