Legal Opinion
Kasalo v. Harris & Harris, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 26, 2011No. 10-2755PublishedCited by 133 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Mariana Kasalo sued Harris & Harris, Ltd., a collection agency, for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq. The parties agree that Harris attempted to collect an overdue hospital bill from Kasalo in a way that violated the Act and that Kasalo is entitled at least to statutory damages of $1,000. See 15 U.S.C. § 1692k(a)(2)(A). A modest sum, to be sure, but one that Congress has deemed necessary to deter abusive collection practices and to compensate victims. Given the parties’ agreement, one might expect that the case would have been…
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