Judge Refuses To Dismiss Woman’s Debt Collection Claim Against Loan Servicer

Mealey's (February 6, 2020, 4:04 PM EST) -- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A federal judge in Alabama on Jan. 22 denied in part a loan servicer’s motion to dismiss a woman’s class action suit, finding that she sufficiently stated a claim that the loan servicer violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by sending letters that contained “empty threats” about accelerating on her loan if a payment on the full amount of default was not paid by a certain date (Patricia Williams v. Seterus Inc., et al., No. 19-cv-00693, N.D. Ala., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10408)....