More than a year after slamming a debt collecting law firm for trying to tack on $140 in court costs to a consumer’s credit card arrears, a Western District judge has described the firm’s motion for reconsideration as “bewildering” and borderline “frivolous.”
Chief Judge William Skretny’s (See Profile) latest decision in Hallmark v. Cohen & Slamowitz, 11-cv-842, largely echoed his September 2013 ruling stating the Woodbury firm misrepresented the amount owed and thereby violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (NYLJ, Sept. 20, 2013).
