GALVESTON – A Texas resident alleges that a debt collector has harassed him with collection calls.
Jacob Lewis filed a complaint on Feb. 13 in the Galveston Division of the Southern District of Texas against Co-Operative Adjustment Bureau alleging that the debt collector violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and other counts.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff co-signed an apartment lease with his father and his father defaulted on the debt. The suit states the defendant was assigned the rights to collect the debt and contacted the plaintiff beginning in 2013. The plaintiff alleges he spoke to a representative of the defendant and asked that the calls stop, but the defendant continued to call.
The plaintiff holds Co-Operative Adjustment Bureau responsible because the defendant allegedly harassed the plaintiff on numerous occasions.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks damages attorney fees, costs and such other just and appropriate relief. He is represented by Marwan R. Daher and Omar T. Sulaiman of Sulaiman Law Group LTD in Lombard, Illinois.
Galveston Division of the Southern District of Texas case number 3:18-cv-00042