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JERMAN v. CARLISLE, McNELLIE, RINI, KRAMER

No. 08-1200.

130 S.Ct. 1605 (2010)

559 U.S. 573

Karen L. JERMAN, Petitioner, v. CARLISLE, McNELLIE, RINI, KRAMER & ULRICH LPA, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 21, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin K. Russell, Bethesda, MD, for petitioner, by William M. Jay, for United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioner.

George S. Coakley, Cleveland, OH, for respondents.

George S. Coakley, Counsel of Record, Clifford C. Masch, Brian D. Sullivan, Martin T. Galvin, James O'Connor, Reminger Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, OH, for respondents.

Stephen R. Felson, Cincinnati, OH, Edward Icove, Icove Legal Group, Ltd., Cleveland, OH, Kevin K. Russell, Counsel of Record, Amy Howe, Howe & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD, Pamela S. Karlan, Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stanford Law School, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Stanford, CA, for petitioner.

Justice SOTOMAYOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA or Act) imposes civil liability on "debt collector[s]" for certain prohibited debt collection practices. Section 813(c) of the Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692k(c), provides that a debt collector is not liable in an action brought under the Act if she can show "the violation was not intentional and resulted from a bona fide error notwithstanding the maintenance of procedures...

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