SaraEllen McCay Hutchison's Legal Cases (3)

Bankruptcy and debt

Brandt v. Columbia Credit Services et al, 2:17- cv-703-RSM (Western Dist. Wash 2018)

Sep 18, 2018

OUTCOME: Verdict for Plaintiff.

FDCPA/Collection abuse case. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Plaintiff in the amount of $161,752.00, and the Court awarded the maximum statutory damages allowed under the FDCPA ($1,000), treble ... d Plaintiff’s damages up to the statutory maximum allowed under the WCPA ($25,000) and awarded attorneys’ fees and costs for a total judgment in the amount of $288,967.00.

Bankruptcy and debt

Fangsrud von Esch v. Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital et al, No. 17-35659 (9th Cir., September 13, 2018) (not for publication)

Sep 13, 2018

OUTCOME: Remanded

Fangsrud von Esch v. Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital et al, No. 17-35659, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 25976 (9th Cir., September 13, 2018) (not for publication) (Defendant debt collector had no bona fide error d ... efense where debt collector “attempted to collect more than what was owed, continued to do so after Plaintiffs and their attorney told [the debt collector] about the error, [and] improperly threatened a lawsuit without adequate inquiry”)

Class action

Douglass v. Convergent Outsourcing, 3rd Cir. 2014

Aug 28, 2014

OUTCOME: Summary Judgment vacated; remanded in favor of consumer Douglass.

3rd Cir. overturned E.D. Penn. summary judgment dismissal of putative class action and held that placing a consumer's account number visible on an envelope violates 15 U.S.C. 1692f(8).

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