Class Action Questions Whether Newsome Law Office Letters Overshadowed Consumers’ FDCPA Rights

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Newsome Law Office, PLLC is facing a proposed class action out of Virginia in which the plaintiff claims she received a collection notice that falsely implied litigation existed over her supposed debt when, in fact, no such lawsuit was ever filed. The pertinent language in the collection notice states:

RE: Franklin Hospital Corporation dba Southampton V. [Plaintiff]

The use of the “V,” the complaint argues, implies a lawsuit has been filed against the plaintiff, and amounts to a threat that overshadows the rights afforded to the woman under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).

“These threats only serve to coerce [the plaintiff] into paying immediately to avoid the threat of legal action in lieu of exercising her right to validate or dispute the debt provided her under the ‘G-Notice,” the case argues.