Fugate v. Jackson Hewitt, Inc.

CYNTHIA L. MARTIN, Presiding Judge.

I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion’s conclusion that Jackson Hewitt is a “credit services organization” subject to the provisions of sections 407.635 to 407.644. I would affirm the trial court’s dismissal of Fugate’s petition.

I agree with the majority opinion’s observation that in interpreting the credit services organization statutes to determine their applicability to Jackson Hewitt, we must “ ‘ascertain the intent of the legislature from the language used, [ ] give effect to that intent if possible, and [ ] consider the words in their plain…