Eide v. Colltech, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

JOHN R. TUNHEIM, District Judge.

This case arises out of a collection letter sent by Defendant Colltech, Inc. (“Coll-tech”) to Plaintiff Richard Eide after Eide had filed for bankruptcy. Eide failed to pay a $1,216.75 hospital bill that was the subject of Colltech’s collection efforts. Sometime after he incurred the hospital bill, but before Colltech sent the letter in question, the hospital bill was discharged in Eide’s bankruptcy proceedings. Eide brings claims for violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act…