Defendant moved for judgment on the pleadings in plaintiff's Fair Debt Collection Practices Act action over garnishment of a joint bank account and court found defendant was not required by Pennsylvania law or the FDCPA to conduct pre-garnishment discovery and plaintiff had the burden to assert the claimed exemption or immunity. Motion granted.

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Court would not interpret provision of Fair Debt Collection Practices Act differently from plain language of the statute, which clearly prohibited debt collectors from communicating information about a debtor to other, non-exempt parties. Defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings denied.

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