Emotional Distress Is Alleged From Harley-Davidson’s Debt Collection Calls
Harley-Davidson Financial Services continued to “harass” plaintiff Michael Mordis with debt collection calls to his cellphone after he bought a motorcycle, but was unable to keep up with the regular installments due and defaulted on his agreement to pay, alleged…
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Mordis’ Telephone Consumer Protection Act complaint Friday (docket 0:23-cv-62359) in U.S. District Court for Southern Florida in Fort Lauderdale. The calls persisted even after Mordis hired counsel to send Harley-Davidson two letters on his behalf demanding that the calls stop, said the complaint. Harley-Davidson, or others acting on its behalf, nevertheless persisted in leaving prerecorded messages on Mordis’ cellphone, and called and hung up without leaving messages on other occasions, causing him severe emotional distress, it said. Harley-Davidson willfully or knowingly violated the TCPA and the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act by attempting to collect directly from Mordis after being notified that he was and still is represented by counsel, it said. Court records show that Mordis’ complaint is the seventh TCPA action filed against Harley-Davidson’s credit organization since April 2017.