Prendergast v. First Choice Assets LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION YENMA PRENDERGAST, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 17 C 316 v. ) ) Judge Sara L. Ellis FIRST CHOICE ASSETS, LLC, ) ) Defendant. ) OPINION AND ORDER Defendant First Choice Assets, LLC (“FCA”) is a debt collector that called Plaintiff Yenma Prendergast twice, attempting to identify her and discuss an outstanding loan they were trying to collect. The FCA employees did not identify their employer nor explain that they were trying to collect a debt during either of the phone calls. Prendergast filed a lawsuit against FCA, arguing…