Posts Tagged ‘pocket filing’
Minnesota is a friendly state—especially if you are a debt collector
In almost every other state, a debt collector must file a lawsuit either immediately or within a short time after serving the summons and complaint. This means the court has an eye on the lawsuit, and the debt collectors must pay the “entry fee” if they want to use the considerable power of the court [...]
Debt collectors filed more than 36,000 lawsuits in Minnesota in 2007
According to the Strib, debt collection lawsuits and default judgment filings are skyrocketing, and went up to more than 36,000 for 2007.
36,000!!! For crying out loud. That’s 3,000 per month! And those are just the lawsuits that actually get filed.
[via Consumer Rights Watch]
[photo: Star Tribune]
Unifund averages nearly 5,500 collection lawsuits a year in California alone
Want to know just how many lawsuits are filed by the debt collection industry? Well, in a document I just received, Unifund admitted to filing 14,172 collection lawsuits in California between January 1, 2004 and July 31, 2006! That is over 450 lawsuits per month and nearly 5,500 per year!
Of the total, Unifund obtained almost [...]
“Pocket service” and pre-judgment garnishment
I threw the term “pocket service” out there the other day, and then Ben Popken IM’ed me to ask more about it. Pocket service is lawyer slang for the procedural rule in Minnesota that a lawsuit begins with service of the summons and complaint. This is different than the rule in most states and the [...]
