Legal Opinion
Sweetland v. Stevens & James, Inc.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided July 2, 2008No. CV-07-161-B-WPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., District Judge.
Stevens & James, Inc. (Stevens), a debt collection company, harassed Deborah Sweetland in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq., and the Maine Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (MFDCPA), 32 M.R.S.A. § 11001 et seq. Stevens has been defaulted. Following an evidentiary hearing on damages, the Court grants judgment in favor of Ms. Sweetland in the amount of $2,500.00 in actual damages, $250.00 in additional damages, and a total of $3520.00 in attorney’s fees and costs.
I. STATEMENT OF FACTS
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Miller v. Wolpoff & Abramson, L.L.P.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
- Ken Baker v. G. C. Services CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Teng v. Metropolitan Retail Recovery Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1994
- Key Bank of Maine v. Tablecloth Textile Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Maxwell v. Fairbanks Capital Corp. (In Re Maxwell)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2002
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