The Second Circuit has upheld the certification of class actions against law firm Mel Harris and Associates, as well as a debt-buying company and a process serving agency, for allegedly intentionally failing to serve debtors in debt-collection cases and obtaining default judgments in New York City Civil Court, the New York Law Journal's Mark Hamblett reports.
The plaintiffs allege that more than 90 percent of the debtors were never served and the defendant provided bogus proof of service and affidavits of merit attesting to their personal knowledge of the debts to win default.
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