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Several years ago, I was a member of this forum. I had to create a new account as password recovery didn't find me... I was served with 2 complaints recently. One from JDB that I'm feeling confident for now that I can deal with. The second is from an OC and I'm now in the first phase of discovery. I'd like to hash it out a bit. 1. Who is the named plaintiff in the suit? Capital One 2. What is the name of the law firm handling the suit? (should be listed at the top of the complaint.) Johnson Mark, LLC 3. How much are you being sued for? Approx 6,000 4. Who is the original creditor? (if not the Plaintiff) 5. How do you know you are being sued? (You were served, right?) I was served. 6. How were you served? left on doorstep 7. Was the service legal as required by your state? Unknown, probably yes 8. What was your correspondence (if any) with the people suing you before you think you were being sued? 9. What state and county do you live in? Idaho 10. When is the last time you paid on this account? SOL not up 11. When did you open the account (looking to establish what card agreement may be applicable)? Not sure, 2013-14? 12. What is the SOL on the debt? To find out:Time has not expired 13. What is the status of your case? Suit served? Motions filed? Served. Answered Summons/Complaint, denied all but my name. Used Failure to State Claim as affirmative defense as absolutely nothing attached to their complaint. Filed my answer at the clerk's office and sent certified/return receipt copy to Plaintiff's attny. I've sent my first set of discovery requests to attny. I received Plaintiff's 1st set of Discovery requests and am now working my way through my answers. 14. Have you disputed the debt with the credit bureaus (both the original creditor and the collection agency?) No I have not. 15. Did you request debt validation before the suit was filed? Note: if you haven't sent a debt validation request before being sued, it likely won't help create FDCPA violations, but disputing after being sued could be useful to show the court that you dispute the debt ('account stated' vs. 'breach of contract').No I have not. 17. What evidence did they send with the summons? An affidavit? Statements from the OC? Contract? List anything else they attached as exhibits. Nothing was sent with the summons. I can't find if they were required to attach anything in Idaho? This is one of my questions. 18. How did you find out about this site? Internet questions I've mailed my first request for Discovery/Interrogatories/Request for Docs. Mailed it to them 01/09/19. One day later, I received a packet from them containing Plaintiff's 1st set to me. Looks like they're still using the exact same questions as they did several years ago! I'm aware an OC is a whole different ball game then JDB, but I'm slightly hopeful I can pull through. I'm diligently searching and reading and studying, trying hard to find my own answers to my questions. Just need some encouragement and a little nudge in the right direction now and then. Their interrogatories contain the standard questions, along with asking if I've ever been convicted of a felony, been party to a civil suit, identify books/papers/records I used to answer...(answered these with: Objection, irrelevant and not likely to lead to admissible evidence. Or, with Defendant without sufficient information or knowledge, etc.). I answered all of the requests for Admission with: Defendant states after a reasonable inquiry, information known or readily obtainable is insufficient to enable to admit or deny therefore denies. With the exception of the last request. Request: True and correct copies of the documents referenced in these Requests for Admission are attached hereto as Exhibit "A." It contains some 1. old past due statements with the last 4 digits of the account referenced in their complaint, 2. a piece of paper that reads, "Your account has charged off. It is now being serviced by Recoveries department. Call 1-800-xxx-xxxx if you have questions about this notice." 3. a Capital One Customer Agreement (from 2014), 4. a Capital One monthly billing statement with a DIFFERENT account ending number (!) Obviously, Mr. Attny didn't pay close attention to what he was sending in his exhibit "A". I started answering this final admission with, "Objection. Plaintiff's Exhibit "A" does not contain "True Copy" as all the documents contained within fail to have been notarized to certify that the copy is a "true" copy of the original document. As to whether they are "correct" or not, Defendant objects. Defendant is w/o sufficient information or knowledge sufficient to form an opinion as to the truth or accuracy of the information and to draw a conclusion based on hearsay or speculation. Should I go ahead and send my answers to the Plaintiff's attny, or is their Exhibit "A" weak enough that I should take another route at this point? I don't think Johnson Mark has any other evidence, no affidavits, etc. Thank you in advance for reading this long book...