114 F.Supp.3d 243
Mariusz G. JARZYNA, Plaintiff,
v.
HOME PROPERTIES, L.P. et al., Defendants.
Civil Action No. 10–4191.
United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.
Signed July 17, 2015.
Jacob T. Thielen, Joseph A. O'Keefe, O'Keefe, Miller & Thielen, P.C., Fleetwood, PA, for Plaintiff.
Candidus K. Dougherty, Swartz Campbell LLC, Philadelphia, PA, Ronald S. Canter, The Law Offices of Ronald S. Canter LLC, Rockville, MD, for Defendants.
MEMORANDUM
EDUARDO C. ROBRENO, District Judge.
| Table of Contents |
|---|
| I. | BACKGROUND | 248 |
| II. | PROCEDURAL HISTORY | 251 |
| III. | STANDARD OF REVIEW | 252 |
| IV. | DISCUSSION | 252 |
| A. | COUNT I: FDCPA | 252 |
| 1. | Claims Against Defendant Home | 253 |
| 2. | Claims Against Defendant FCO | 254 |
| a. | § 1692g(a): FCO's dunning letters do not adequately provide the required information | 255 |
| i. | The AV2 and HD1AC letters | 256 |
| ii. | The HD1A letter | 256 |
| b. | § 1692g(b): FCO failed to verify the debt and improperly continued its collection attempts | 262 |
| c. | §§ 1692e(11) and 1692d(6): FCO failed to self-identify as a debt collector over the telephone | 264 |
| d. | §§ 1692f(1), 1692e(2), and 1692e(10): FCO attempted to collect a debt that Plaintiff did not owe | 266 |
| B. | COUNT II: FCEUA | 269 |
| 1. | Claims Against Defendant Home | 269 |
| a. | No notice fee provision in the lease agreement | 270 |
| b. | Home sends accounting letters to prior addresses | 272 |
| c. | Home continually changed the amount due | 272 |
| d. | Plaintiff's alleged debt to Home is bogus and illegal | 273 |
| 2. | Claims Against Defendant FCO | 274 |
| C. | COUNT III: UTPCPL | 274 |
| 1. | Claims Against Defendant Home | 275 |
| 2. | Claims Against Defendant FCO | 275 |
| D. | COUNT IV: Landlord and Tenant Act | 276 |
| 1. | Home Improperly Withheld the Security Deposit | 276 |
| 2. | Home Did Not Send a Timely Accounting | 277 |
| E. | COUNT V: Civil Conspiracy | 278 |
| F. | Defendant Home's Counterclaim | 279 |
| G. | Defendant Home's Request for Sanctions | 279 |
| V. | CONCLUSION | 279 |
| VI. | APPENDIX A: Sample Form AV2 Letters from Defendant FCO | 282 |
| VII. | APPENDIX B: Sample Form HD1AC Letters from Defendant FCO | 286 |
This case, despite the relative simplicity of its claims, has proceeded along an unusually circuitous and contentious path: through fifteen months of discovery battles under the supervision of a Special Master, several iterations of the Complaint, and protracted but unsuccessful settlement negotiations. Now the parties have all filed dispositive motions and the Court, briefs in hand (totaling 320 pages at last count), is ready to bring the matter one step closer to a final disposition.
Plaintiff Mariusz Jarzyna ("Plaintiff") brings this action on behalf of himself and others similarly situated against...
