Fuller v. Pacific Medical Collections, Inc.

Opinion of the Court by

ACOBA, Judge,

with respect to Parts I, II and IV-VII; dissenting opinion with respect to Part III.

In this consolidated appeal, we have been asked to review the appropriateness of summary judgments 1 granted to the defendants-appellees collection agencies and employees (Defendants) against the individual plaintiffs-appellants (Plaintiffs) on allegations that Defendants’ debt collection practices violated Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) chapter 443B (Supp.1992), which regulates such agencies. We vacate the December 21, 1993 order granting summary judgment in Appeal No. 17743…