Legal Opinion
Diane Russell v. Absolute Collection Services
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 15, 2014No. 12-2357PublishedCited by 264 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge FLOYD wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Judge DIAZ joined.
FLOYD, Circuit Judge:
Diane Russell was the target of a dunning campaign waged by Absolute Collection Services, Inc. (Absolute Collection), wherein Absolute Collection made repeated collection demands to Russell for a debt that she incurred in 2008. Within one month of receiving Absolute Collection’s first collection letter, Russell paid the outstanding bill in full. Although the collection letter instructed Russell to send payment for the debt to Absolute Collection, she instead paid the…
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