TEJERO v. PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.

No. 18-50661.

955 F.3d 453 (2020)

Luis TEJERO, Plaintiff-Appellant, Michael Jacob Wood; Celetha Chatman; Robert Alan Zimmer, Jr.; Tyler Hickle, Appellants, v. PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.; Western Surety Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED April 6, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth A. Kollman , Houston, TX, Robert Zimmer, Esq. , Austin, TX, Daniel Brown , Main Street Attorney, L.L.C., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Robbie LuAnn Malone, Esq. , Jacob Michael Bach , Eugene Xerxes Martin, Esq. , Malone Frost Martin, P.L.L.C., Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before ELROD, WILLETT, and OLDHAM, Circuit Judges.


Luis Tejero sued Portfolio Recovery Associates, L.L.C. under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and a parallel state law. The parties eventually reached a settlement that forgave Tejero's debt and awarded him $1,000 in damages. As favorable as that result was to the plaintiff, the district court determined...

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