Ledisco Financial Services, Inc. v. Viracola

CORNELIUS, Justice.

Based upon Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 5069, 11.01-11.11 Langdon A. Viracola filed suit against Ledisco Financial Services, Inc. and Carte Blanche, Inc. to recover damages for unreasonable collection efforts. The jury exonerated Carte Blanche, Inc. but awarded damages against Ledisco. The award was based upon findings that Ledis-co, through Harry J. Joy, made harassing telephone calls to Viracola as prohibited by Sec. 11.03(b) of the statutes, and that Joy assaulted Viracola. Damages were in the sum of $7,500.00 for the harassing telephone calls and $1.00 for the physical…