Unprecedented lawsuit against Bank of America and a debt collector it hired. [View all]

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CAPE CORAL - There is an unprecedented lawsuit against Bank of America and a debt collector it hired. A Cape Coral woman wants them to pay up after she says they harassed her about her late husband's debts.

The plaintiff's attorney is already calling this a landmark victory for everyone who gets harassing phone calls from debt collectors.

While the case hasn't gone to trial yet, a Lee County judge ruled Linda Long can seek punitive damages against the bank and the debt collectors, West Asset Management.


Part of the lawsuit's goal to stop the debt collector's tactics.

In the lawsuit, the plaintiff's attorney, Billy Howard of Morgan and Morgan, accuses the debt collectors of using "psychological warfare" on grief-stricken family members in the hopes of collecting the unpaid debts of deceased family members - debts the family members do not personally owe.

http://www.nbc-2.com/story/16406557/2011/12/28/debt-collectors-alleged-tactics-lead-to-lawsuit