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| Woman sues debt collector over husband's death |
| 2009-12-16 |
| Dianne McLeod recalls her husband, Stanley, getting so visibly upset when the debt collectors called that she had to take the phone away from him. She believes constant harassing phone calls and other tactics eventually killed him. Ever heard of a "Cease and Desist" letter, Dianne? "I think they were a major contributor to his death because of the stress and what I saw it doing to him," she said. McLeod is suing her mortgage company, Green Tree Servicing, for the wrongful death of her husband. McLeod said she thinks he would be alive if not for the stress caused by Green Tree's debt collectors. She said they sometimes called up to 10 times a day and also called the McLeods' neighbors. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #9 "debt collectors" I don't think it wrong for a lender to expect repayment and if you aren't calling them they have every right to contact you. Not sure why they would contact neighbors. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2009-12-16 18:07 |
| #8 Green Tree can be contacted here. |
| Posted by: Lumpy Clusose1704 2009-12-16 15:17 |
| #7 3dc they would just charge YOU with harassing phone calls |
| Posted by: chris 2009-12-16 14:06 |
| #6 Depending on the state you live in, contacting the State AG office is an alternative that may be far more effective. "Debt collectors can’t do or say anything they want Federal law specifically prohibits debt collectors from harassing, oppressing, or abusing you. This means that debt collectors MAY NOT: Use threats of violence or criminal means; Use profane or obscene language; Advertise your debt; Make repeated calls to you in order to annoy or harass you; Call your relatives, your neighbors, your credit references or anyone not legally responsible for the debt." - source |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-12-16 14:01 |
| #5 Of the 45,000 complaints received by the FTC in 2009, the agency opened one investigation. How about everybody who gets harassing phone calls - call the FTC BOZO in charge of litigation until he actually litigates say 1% of the complaints a day? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-12-16 12:20 |
| #4 neither a borrower nor lender be |
| Posted by: 746 2009-12-16 10:13 |
| #3 Always nice to see how a government agency does the job it's supposed to do ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-12-16 09:49 |
| #2 ... and also called the McLeods' neighbors. Now, that should be criminal harassment. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-12-16 09:40 |
| #1 Nice to see that TARP money at work I saw an AP article a couple of weeks ago that said 40% of credit card holders who missed a payment were 'harassed' by collection calls. Same article said Fraudulent Collection attempts were way up. |
| Posted by: Waldemar Gleamp1150 2009-12-16 02:40 |