SIBLEY v. FULTON DEKALB COLLECTION SERVICE

No. 81-7612.

677 F.2d 830 (1982)

Leah B. SIBLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FULTON DEKALB COLLECTION SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bowen, Derrickson, Goldberg & West, Frank L. Derrickson, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Marilyn G. Alexander, Decatur, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Louis K. Polonsky, Atlanta, Ga., for amicus/Gen. Claims & Medical Adjustments, Inc.

Before FAY, VANCE and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


VANCE, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Leah B. Sibley, sued appellee, Fulton DeKalb Collection Service (hereinafter "Fulton") under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692-1692o, seeking actual damages, statutory damages, attorneys' fees and costs. Sibley made a timely demand for trial by jury under Fed.R.Civ.P. 38. At the outset of trial the court announced on its own motion and over Sibley's objection that it was denying the demand for...

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