Legal Opinion
Frank Thomas v. Law Firm of Simpson & Cybak
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 20, 2004No. 02-1113PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Frank Thomas appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his suit which alleged that General Motors Acceptance Corporation (“GMAC”), the law firm Simpson & Cybak (“Simpson”), and their employees failed to send him a debt validation notice advising him of his rights as a debtor within five days of their initial communication with him, as is required by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692-1692o. Two principal questions are raised in this appeal: whether a creditor’s letter to a debtor and whether a debt collector’s initiation of a…
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