Legal Opinion
Eades v. Kennedy, PC Law Offices
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 4, 2015No. Docket No. 14-104-cvPublishedCited by 247 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOHIER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs Joni Eades and Levere C. Pike, Jr. sued Defendant Kennedy, PC Law Offices (“Kennedy”), alleging that Kennedy’s attempts to collect a debt from the Plaintiffs violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). The United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Larimer, J.) dismissed the Plaintiffs’ amended complaint, holding primarily that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over Kennedy. In the alternative it also concluded that the payment allegedly owed to Kennedy’s client, a Pennsylvania nursing home, was not a “debt” under the…
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