Legal Opinion
Gutierrez v. Direct Marketing Credit Services, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 27, 1999PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 USC § 1692 et seq.), the plaintiff appeals, on the ground of inadequacy, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Fredman, J.), entered January 29, 1999, as granted that branch of his motion which was for an award of an attorney’s fee only to the extent of awarding him $2,280.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The plaintiff in the instant case recovered $1,000 in damages. As a successful litigant in an action brought pursuant to the Fair Debt…
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