Troy K. Scheffler v. Messerli & Kramer P.A.

In September 2009, law firm (and Appel-lee in this case) Messerli & Kramer, P.A. (Messerli), obtained a default judgment for its client, Capital One Bank, against Troy Seheffler, the Appellant in this case and a former debt collector himself. Having learned that Seheffler, at that time, had a reputation as “the most litigious debtor” in Minnesota, Messerli instructed its employees not to contact Seheffler about his file. According to Seheffler, he nonetheless sent a cease-and-desist letter to Messerli in March 2011. Messerli says it received no letter, Seheffler never produced one in the…