Halecki v. Empire Portfolios, Inc.

DECISION AND ORDER

DAVID G. LARIMER, District Judge.

This matter was brought by Eugene Halecki, a retired consumer, to challenge the aggressive debt collection practices of the defendants. Defendant Empire Portfolios, Inc. purchased Halecki’s $79.89 credit card debt from his original creditor, and then referred it to defendant Cohen & Slamowitz, LLP, a debt collection law firm. Cohen & Slomowitz, LLP allegedly attempted to collect the debt by filing a lawsuit against Halecki, and by inundating him with dozens of unwanted and unwelcome mailings and telephone calls, notwithstanding Halecki’s…