Oregon’s District Court: Collection Agencies’ Omissions Don’t Automatically Equal Malevolence

A district court judge in Oregon has dismissed a plaintiff’s complaint that a letter she received from a debt collector did not disclose that interest was not accruing, and also that using an abbreviated account number was misleading. The case is Powers v. Capital Management Services, LP.

You can read the full Order here.

Editor’s Note:  A motion for summary judgment is based upon a claim by one party (or, in some cases, both parties) that contends that all necessary factual issues are settled or so one-sided they need not be tried. The summary judgment is appropriate when the court determines there no factual issues remaining to be tried, and therefore a cause of action or all causes of action in a complaint can be decided upon certain facts without trial.