Finch v. LVNV Funding LLC

This case arises out of an action filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City by co-appellants Larry Finch (“Finch”) and Kurt A. Dorsey (“Dorsey”) (collectively, “appellants”), against appellee, LVNV Funding, LLC (“LVNV”). In 2008, LVNV filed debt collection suits against Finch and Dorsey in the District Court for Baltimore City. Default judgments were entered against each appellant. Appellants thereafter filed a class action in the circuit court, alleging that LVNV was not licensed as a collection agency, as required by Maryland law, when it obtained the underlying district court…