HRIVNAK v. NCO PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, INC.

No. 11-3142.

719 F.3d 564 (2013)

Christopher G. HRIVNAK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NCO PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, INC.; NCO Group, Inc.; NCO Portfolio Management; NCO Financial Systems, Inc.; Javitch, Block & Rathbone, LLP, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 11, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael D. Slodov , Sessions, Fishman, Nathan & Israel, LLC, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, for Appellants. Adina H. Rosenbaum , Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Michael D. Slodov , Javitch, Block, & Rathbone LLC, Cleveland, Ohio, David Israel , Allison L. Cannizaro , Brian D. Roth , Sessions, Fishman, Nathan & Israel, LLC, Metairie, Louisiana, for Appellants. Adina H. Rosenbaum , Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., Anand N. Misra , The Misra Law Firm, LLC, Beachwood, Ohio, Robert S. Belovich , Broadview Heights, Ohio, for Appellee. Kenneth W. Zeller , AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.

Before SUTTON, McKEAGUE and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

Christopher Hrivnak sued several debt-management companies and a law firm, (1) claiming they violated federal and state law when they dunned him on several credit-card debts and (2) seeking to obtain monetary and injunctive relief on behalf of a class of like-situated individuals. In response, the defendants gave Hrivnak an offer he could not refuse — $7,000 plus reasonable costs and attorney's fees — or so they...

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