'Harassed' Plaintiff With $3,000 Debt Sues to Stop Agency’s Collection Calls
Milwaukee resident George Madison ran up a $3,000 debt for unpaid apartment rent, sparking the Hunter Warfield agency to begin making debt collection calls to Madison’s cellphone number, in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, alleged Madison’s complaint Friday…
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(docket 8:24-cv-00486) in U.S. District Court for Middle Florida in Tampa. Madison told the agency he was financially unable to pay the debt and asked the company to cease all calls to his cellphone, said the complaint. But the agency has “disregarded those demands” and has continued placing the calls, it said. Madison has been “unfairly and unnecessarily harassed” by the agency’s actions, it said. He has suffered “concrete harm,” including invasion of privacy, aggravation that accompanies unwanted collection calls and emotional distress, said his complaint. In addition to the agency’s TCPA wrongdoing, Madison alleges violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Wisconsin Consumer Act.