Legal Opinion

Cheryl L. Hyman v. Dick Tate and Harry Kirlin, D/b/a/ Tate & Kirlin Associates

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided April 1, 2004No. 03-2106PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Cheryl Hyman sued Dick Tate and Harry Kirlin, doing business as Tate & Kirlin Associates (“T & K”), alleging that the defendants violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692 et seq. (“FDCPA”) by sending her a collec tion letter after she had filed for bankruptcy. Following a bench trial, the district court found that even if the defendants had violated the terms of the FDCPA, they were protected from liability by the bona fide error defense. Hyman appeals. We affirm.

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Cheryl Hyman incurred a credit card debt to Cross Country Bank in the amount of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Stephen P. Turner v. J.V.D.B. & Associates, Inc., an Illinois CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
  2. Gary Smith v. Transworld Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
  3. Darlene Jenkins v. George W. Heintz and Bowman, Heintz, Boscia & McPheeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
  4. Charles Reynolds and Beatrice Reynolds v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002

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  3. McCollough v. Johnson, Rodenburg & Lauinger, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
  4. Kort v. Diversified Collection Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
  5. Owen v. I.C. System, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2011

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