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GEARING v. CHECK BROKERAGE CORP.

No. 00-1433.

233 F.3d 469 (2000)

Craig E. GEARING, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHECK BROKERAGE CORPORATION and Drew T. Erwin, Defendant-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 21, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry M. Barash (argued), Barash & Everett, Galesburg, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Craig L. Unrath (argued), Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL, for defendants-appellants.

Before POSNER, MANION, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

An old Chinese proverb holds that to chop a tree down quickly, spend twice the time sharpening your ax. The Check Brokerage Corporation did not follow the proverb's wisdom. Although it hoped to quickly win an Illinois suit under a bad check law, insufficient time was spent studying the nuances of subrogation law, and thus the corporation found itself on the receiving end of this suit alleging violations of the federal Fair Debt Collection...

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