The Alorica lawsuit is a lawsuit against several defendants, who are responsible for the death of plaintiff Ronald Goldman. The lawsuit was brought forward in answer to the wrongful and negligent act of defendant Blythe Masters. Mr. Goldman’s family and loved ones filed a suit against all of the defendants at the county level. In this regard, there were two additional suits that were brought forth against individual defendants by the family members. There is currently a potential jury trial in this case.
Alorica Lawsuit
A few facts are necessary in reviewing this particular case. Mr. Goldman had a reputation for being aggressive with his creditors. One of the causes of this conduct stemmed from a set of circumstances that existed with respect to his working environment. He was a former college football player for the University of Alabama and he was once again employed by the school as a legal assistant. He also worked as a paralegal at the U.S. Tax Court for a firm that owed him money that was owed to him by the IRS.
There was a period of time when Mr. Goldman was coming into frequent telephone calls from a debt collector on an ongoing basis.
This individual called at all hours of the day and night and never once warned him that they were speaking with the intention of contacting him regarding his unpaid debts. Several of the calls became so bothersome to Mr. Goldman that they actually distracted him from his duties at work. There is a strong possibility that these phone calls and the harassment that followed thereafter constituted the basis for the Alorica lawsuit that has been brought forth in the present matter.
There are numerous things to be considered about this lawsuit.
First, is the fact that it is clear from the factual details of the complaint that this individual or companies who made the harassing phone calls did so with the intent to intimidate the debtor into settling with them rather than with the credit card issuer or their attorneys. It is beyond doubt that this type of harassment goes far beyond what can be described as “professional” phone harassment; instead it constitutes a complete assault on the rights of the defrauded consumer where the victim has reasonably been placed in imminent and real danger of physical harm.
Mr. Goldman immediately notified the debt collector in question that such harassing behavior was unacceptable.
There is nothing in the complaint which indicates that the company had any notice that their conduct was in fact “harassing”. On the contrary, there is nothing in the complaint which would suggest that the company even believed in any way that they were engaging in conduct that was not harassment. The fact that the debt collector persisted with their harassment after having been advised that their conduct was legally wrong is indicative of both their lack of knowledge and a lack of concern for the well being of the person who was a victim of their harassment. Such conduct is just flat-out wrong and should not be tolerated by debt collectors in general or by anyone else.
This is just one example of how a qualified and experienced consumer rights law firm can protect the rights of individuals when debt collectors are involved.
There are others. A qualified attorney will also know just how to deal with the entity responsible for collecting a promised payment. Remember that if the person does not settle the debt in a reasonable amount of time the money will not be paid. Therefore a qualified attorney representing an individual in an Alorica lawsuit will know what measures need to be taken in order to ensure that the money is collected in a timely fashion in order to protect the consumer’s rights.