DORRIAN v. LVNV FUNDING, LLC

SJC-12355.

479 Mass. 265 (2018)

TARA DORRIAN v. LVNV FUNDING, LLC (and a consolidated case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 9, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Schultz ( Andrew M. Schneiderman also present) for LVNV Funding, LLC.

Kenneth D. Quat ( Josef C. Culik also present) for Tara Dorrian & another.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Nadine Cohen & Philip Weinberg for Greater Boston Legal Services & others.

Merrily S. Gerrish , Special Assistant Attorney General, & Heather L. Bennett for division of banks of the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation.

Donald S. Maurice, Jr. , & Brady J. Hermann for Receivables Management Association International, Inc.

Daniel S. Blynn , Meredith L. Boylan , & Benjamin E. Horowitz , of the District of Columbia, David L. Feinberg , Joseph L. Demeo , & Lawrence S. Delaney for Cavalry SPV I, LLC.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.


The primary issue presented is the definition of "debt collector" under G. L. c. 93, § 24, particularly its application to the statute's licensing requirement. After being sued for the failure to pay debts, the plaintiffs, Tara Dorrian and Virginia Newton, each individually filed suit against the defendant, LVNV Funding, LLC (LVNV...

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