Whatley v. UNIVERSAL COLLECTION BUREAU, ETC.

ORDER

SHOOB, District Judge.

Defendant Universal Collection Bureau, Inc., has filed, a motion for partial summary judgment in this case brought under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“Act”). Defendant Universal asks this Court to rule, as a matter of law, that:(1) “statutory damages” under the Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692k(a)(2)(A) are limited to $1,000 per plaintiff; and(2) only the “consumer,” plaintiff Russell Whatley, has standing to sue under the Act.

Plaintiffs have now conceded the correctness of defendant Universal’s first contention. See Harvey v. United Adjusters, 509 F.Supp. 1218,…