Sued by Hanna & Associates - Hooray!

What state do you live in? I received a letter from Hanna & Assoc. back in September and they never responded to my dv letter. Not sure what else to do at this point but wait to see if they end up suing me (I am in CA, so the suit would have to be filed by an attorney icensed here in CA).

Keep us posted and go get 'em!

We are in Georgia. In talking with the court clerk yesterday, apparently out of the thousands (yes thousands) of cases Hanna files here, 99.9% of people never respond. The ones that do admit owing the debt, even if they have no idea how the claimed amounts were calculated or if Hanna has any proof the debt actually owed.

Scary. I'd be curious to know the last time they actually took a case to trial.

There is one debt collector in Massachusetts that files upwards of 35,000 lawsuits in a year. I dealt with them for 2 years one dismissal without prejudice and finally a few months ago a dismissal with prejudice 4 days before trial. They gave up and it cost them over $500 in court fees alone im guessing, they said they would love to go to trial after pretrials, won every motion I filed. It was like they tried to scare me right till the end and knew they where going to lose.

So if you fight hard enough you can win. Sadly the number is very high for people that have no clue and lose to scumbags like these. Best of luck to you!!!!!!! You seem to know what you are doing and you can beat them.

irishpat77 - Thank you! I do believe that educating ourselves about the process instead of freaking out is half the battle. Just filing an answer to their complaint increases our chances, and if they want to go into discovery I have the necessary objections to prevent from having me prove their case for them. Once we get this case dismissed, we'll see them in federal court for FDCPA violations.

I live in GA and it's that way in my county too. I have already had one Hanna suit dismissed now they have filed 2 more against me for different debts. I asked my clerk how many cases they get from Hanna cause she seemed very familiar with his name and she couldnt give me a number but she said they get something from his office almost every day. If they are filing that many lawsuits there is no way they can attend any pretrial conferences or court dates. They looking for the easy score. The deputy clerk said she had only been working in that office for about a year and she has never seen them show up for court. Everything I sent for on all my discovery requests they object to and say they will send it when they get it.

Fred Hanna is first class scumbag.

I think it's awesome you are enjoying the opportunity to stick it to him!

Now go get 'em!!

If the court in GA has a website with a database of the cases filed, you could probably search how many cases Hanna has filed there.

I am in CA and my local court has a website where I am able to search everyday if I want to see if 1) something has been filed against me but not yet served on me; and 2) research how many cases have been filed by the junk debt buyers who have contacted me. I can also see how many of those cases were actually Answered by the defendants and the outcomes of all of them. If I need to, I can go to the courthouse and have a case file pulled so that I can read what was filed with the court and copy anything that I think may help me.

Also, I don't know about GA but here in CA, a defendant can serve their own discovery to the plaintiff at the same time they file their Answer to a Complaint - which is exactly what I will do if I am ever served with a Complaint by these junk debt buyers. That way, THEY have to answer me with their documents before I will have to answer them.

The plot thickens: Despite not validating the alleged debt after my written request, these clowns filed a small claims case and continue to send me letters demanding payment and/or wanting to settle despite my cease and desist letter. They clearly have no documentation to support their case and are hoping we are too scared to take them on in court.

I love how brazen they are. Obviously, they have no clue an FDCPA lawsuit is being prepared for filing against them. I can't wait for their telephone call wanting to settle the FDCPA case and also dismissing the small claims case. Losers.