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WARD v. NATIONAL PATIENT ACCOUNT SERV'S SOLUTIONS

No. 20-5902.

9 F.4th 357 (2021)

Carl WARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL PATIENT ACCOUNT SERVICES SOLUTIONS, INC., Defendant, NPAS, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 16, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Geoffrey C. Parker , HILTON PARKER LLC, Pickerington, Ohio, for Appellant. Megan D. Meadows , SPENCER FANE LLP, St. Louis, Missouri, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Geoffrey C. Parker , Jonathan L. Hilton , HILTON PARKER LLC, Pickerington, Ohio, for Appellant. Megan D. Meadows , Scott J. Dickenson , SPENCER FANE LLP, St. Louis, Missouri, T. William A. Caldwell , ORTALE, KELLEY, HERBERT & CRAWFORD, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

COLE, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which GILMAN, J., joined. MOORE, J. (pp. 363-69), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

Carl Ward brought this action under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA") against NPAS, Inc., a debt servicer that was hired by Stonecrest Medical Center to collect debts incurred by its patients, including Ward. On appeal, NPAS, Inc. argues for the first time that the case should be dismissed because...

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