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A statewide class action has been filed in Indiana against collection specialists Weltman, Weinberg & Reis, Co. LPA. The action is brought on behalf of all Indiana consumers who, since May 6, 2003, received form type collection letters from Weltman, Weinberg that contained a caption resembling a civil complaint, when in fact none had been filed. The action is brought under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and seeks statutory damages as well as injunctive and declaratory relief.

A nationwide class action has been filed in New York against Pressler & Pressler, P.A. The action is brought on behalf of all consumers who, since December 1, 2002, received a "form" type collection letter from Pressler & Pressler attempting to collect a debt for Capital One Bank that included a legal style caption on the letter. According to consumers, Pressler & Pressler has violated the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by making false and misleading assertions in an attempt to collect a debt. Consumers are seeking unspecified compensatory and statutory damages, disgorgement of profits and declaratory and injunctive relief.

Federal credit and banking laws prohibit credit providers from discriminating based on ethnicity, national origin, or race. The parties have reached a tentative settlement in a nationwide action filed against General Motors Acceptance Corporation on behalf of African Americans who allege that, as a result of company policies, dealers routinely charged black consumers higher interest rates on auto loans than whites with similar financial histories in violation of the federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act. Persons eligible to take part in the settlement should contact attorneys for the class for more information.

A statewide class action has been filed in Indiana against the law firm of Blume, Connelly, Jordan & Stucky, LLP. The action is brought on behalf of all Indiana consumers who received "form" type collection letters from the firm. The action is brought under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and seeks statutory damages as well as injunctive and declaratory relief.

A nationwide class action has been filed in Kentucky against mortgage insurance giant, Triad Guaranty Insurance Corporation. The action is brought on behalf of all U.S. residents who have obtained mortgage insurance from Triad at a less than best rate, and have not been informed that an adverse decision was made against them as a result of utilizing a credit report. The action is brought under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act and seeks actual and statutory damages as well as injunctive and declaratory relief.

When businesses try to collect debts, they must use their business names so consumers know to whom they are speaking. A class action has been filed against Lester E. Cox Medical Centers, Inc., and its debt collection division, Ozark Professional Collections, on behalf of patients who allege that the medical center misled them and other patients by collecting overdue payments through a fictitious third party in violation of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

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