Legal Opinion
Richardson v. Koch Law Firm, P.C.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 26, 2014No. 12-3868PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Scott Richardson incurred an education.al debt in 1988 but did not pay. Indiana University, the creditor, filed suit in May 1998, in state court, and a trial was scheduled for September 7, 2000. Richardson filed a bankruptcy petition on September 1 but did not tell the state court, the University, or The Koch Law Firm, P.C., its counsel. Nor did he appear for trial. The state judge entered a default judgment, which the Law Firm tried unsuccessfully to collect. Now Richardson says that the Law Firm should pay him for violating two sections of the Fair Debt Collection…
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