MIDWEST RECOVERY SERVICES v. WOLFE

No. 89-1656.

463 N.W.2d 73 (1990)

MIDWEST RECOVERY SERVICES, Appellant, v. Helen WOLFE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Andrews and Kyle L. Jennings of Dickinson, Throckmorton, Parker, Mannheimer & Raife, Des Moines, for appellant.

Gregory L. Kenyon of Stamatelos, Kenyon & McCandless, P.C., West Des Moines, for appellee.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Richard C. Cleland and Peter R. Kochenburger, Asst. Attys. Gen., for amicus curiae State of Iowa.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


SNELL, Justice.

This appeal concerns the scope of the Iowa Debt Collection Practices Act (the Act). See generally Iowa Code §§ 537.7101-.7103 (1987). Appellant, Midwest Recovery Services (Midwest), challenges the district court's order finding Midwest liable for numerous violations of the Act, claiming the Act does not apply to the collection of checks originally negotiated for cash.

This appeal originated as two separate small claims actions...

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