Legal Opinion
Bahena v. Jefferson Capital Sys., LLC
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided January 29, 2019No. 17-cv-461-jdpPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJames D. Peterson, District Judge
Plaintiff Traci Bahena is suing defendants Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC and Messerli & Kramer, PA under the Wisconsin Consumer Act (WCA) and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Bahena alleges that defendants brought a state-court debt collection action against her when they did not have a legal right to do so, because defendants did not provide the required notice of the right to cure before filing the suit. She also alleges that Messerli violated the FDCPA by falsely implying that lawyers had independently reviewed her case.
Jefferson Capital and Messerli have filed separate…
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