In Wheeler v. Premiere Credit of North America, LLC, 2015 WL 222459, at *1-2 (S.D.Cal.,2015), Judge Curiel found that the HEA did not preempt the FDCPA, but did preempt the Rosenthal Act -- as to the claims pleaded. The facts were as follows. Defendant is an accounts receivable contractor authorized to perform collection activities on defaulted student loans on behalf… Read More
Koller v. West Bay Acquisitions, LLC, 2012 WL 2862440 (N.D.Cal. 2012), the District Court held: Plaintiff maintains that because he allegedly acquired extended video rentals and/or the videos themselves without paying for them with late fees or product charges, the Rosenthal Act is applicable. Opp'n at 13. Because there is no binding authority as to whether late fees on video… Read More
In Udo v. Kelkris Associates, Inc., 2012 WL 5985663 (S.D.Cal. 2012), Judge Gonzalez found that collection of towing charges did not meet the ‘transaction’ requirement of the FDCPA nor the “consumer credit” requirement of the Rosenthal Act. “As a threshold matter, a suit brought under the FDCPA must involve a “debt” within the meaning of the statute.” Fleming v. Picard,… Read More
In Hylton v. Anytime Towing, 2012 WL 5498887 (S.D.Cal. 2012), Judge Curiel found that city towing fees were not ‘debts’ under the FDCPA or Rosenthal Act. Courts have held that a motor vehicle impoundment and towing fees arising out of action authorized by state law enforcement agency do not constitute a “debt” within the meaning of Fair Debt Collection Practices… Read More
In Williams v. Emergency Groups' Office, 2012 WL 1032700 (2012), the Court of Appeal affirmed, in an unpublished decision, the trial court’s denial of class certification under the Rosenthal Act for alleged infirmities in the collection of medical bills.The Court of Appeal found, in part, that the Plaintiffs’ class definition was too broad because it necessarily would have included… Read More
