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FL - FCCPPA Do NOt Need To Prove Damages
Trial court erred in granting summary judgment dismissing complaint alleging violation of Florida's Consumer Collection Protection Practices Act. because consumer's testimony that collection agency contacted her at work, that person spoke to her abusively and that her attorney had sent a fax requesting agency not to contact her raised genuine issues of material fact and plaintiff did not have to prove damages. Laughlin v. Household Bank, Ltd., 32 Fla. L. Weekly D2761 (Fla. 1st DCA Nov. 20, 2007).
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