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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-8020Robert N. Polas, Jr., Esquire PA Bar # 201259 'Carrie A. Brown, Esquire PA Bar # 94055 Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 140 Corporate Blvd. Norfolk, VA 23502 TELE: 1-866-428-8102 , FAX: 757-518-0860 UJJV Attorneys for Plaintiff fLVA IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA CIVIL ACTION - LAW PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC 140 Corporate Blvd. Norfolk, VA 23502 Plaintiff V. MICHAEL T JOHNSON 45 WOLF BRIDGE RD CARLISLE PA 17013 Defendant NOTICE No. ' `- 0 02?b civil You have been sued in Court. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the following pages, you must take action withing twenty (20) days after this Complaint and Notice are served, by entering a written appearance, personally or by an attorney, an filing in writing with the Court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so, the case may proceed without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the Court without further notice of any money claimed or any other claim or relief requested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property rights important to you. YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER, OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU CAN GET HELP. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCIES THAT MAY OFFER LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT A REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE. Lawyer Referral Service - CUMBERLAND County Bar Association Court Administrator 32 South Bedford Street Carlisle, PA 17013 (717) 249-3166 Pennsylvania Lawyer Referral Service (800) 692-7375 This communication is from a debt collector and is an attempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. N-4 16(0(3 e 4 a(A :?rl Robert N. Polas, Jr., Esquire PA Bar # 201259 Carrie Brown, Esquire PA Bar # 94055 Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 140 Corporate Blvd. Norfolk, VA 23502 TELE: 1-866-428-8102 FAX: 757-518-0860 Attorneys for Plaintiff IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA CIVIL ACTION - LAW PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC 140 Corporate Blvd. Norfolk, VA 23502 Plaintiff No. V. MICHAEL T JOHNSON 45 WOLF BRIDGE RD CARLISLE PA 17013 Defendant NOTICIA USTED HA SIDO DEMANDADO/ A EN LA CORTE. Si usted desea defender conta la demanda puestas en las siguientes paginas, usted tienen que tomar accion dentro veinte (20) dias despues que esta Demanda y Aviso es servido, con entrando por escrito una aparencia personalmente o por un abogado y archivando por escrito con la Corte sus defensas o obejciones a las demandas puestas en esate contra usted. usted es advertido que si falla de hacerlo el caso puede proceder sin usted y un juzgamiento puede ser entrado conta usted por la Corte sin mas aviso por cualquier dinero reclamdo en la Demanda o por cualquier otro reclamo o alivio solicitado por Demandante. usted puede perder dinero o propiedad o otros derechos importante para usted. USTED DEBE LLEVAR ESTE PAPEL A SU ABOGADO ENSGUIDA. SI USTED NO TIENE UN ABOGADO, VAYA O LAMME POR TELEFONO LA OFICINA FIJADA AQUI ABAJO. ESTA OFICINA PUEDE PROVEERE CON INFORMACION DE COMO CONSEGUIR UN ABOGADO. SI USED NO PUEDE PAGARLE A UN ABOGADO, ESTA OFICINA PUEDE PROVEERE INFORMACION ACERCA AGENCIAS. QUE PEUDAN OFRECER SERVICIOS LEGAL A PERSONAS ELGIBLE AQ UN HONORARIO REDUCIDO O GRATIS. Lawyer Referral Service - CUMBERLAND County Bar Association Court Administrator 32 South Bedford Street Carlisle, PA 17013 (717) 249-3166 Pennsylvania Lawyer Referral Service (800) 692-7375 Thi,, communication is from a debt collector and is an attempt to collect a debt_ Any information obtained will be ut cd for that purpose, Robert N. Polas, Jr., Esquire PA Bar # 201259 Carrie Brown, Esquire PA Bar # 94055 Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 140 Corporate Blvd. Norfolk, VA 23502 TELE: 1-866-428-8102 FAX: 757-518-0860 Attorneys for Plaintiff IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA CIVIL ACTION - LAW PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC 140 Corporate Blvd. Norfolk, VA 23502 Plaintiff No. V. MICHAEL T JOHNSON 45 WOLF BRIDGE RD CARLISLE PA 17013 Defendant COMPLAINT Plaintiff, Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC is a Delaware Limited Liability Company with offices located at 140 Corporate Blvd., Norfolk, VA 23502. 2. Defendant MICHAEL T JOHNSON, is an adult individual with last known address of 45 WOLF BRIDGE RD, CARLISLE PA 17013. It is averred that Defendant was indebted to HSBC BANK NEVADA, N.A. / ORCHARD BANK on August 4, 2008 with account number ************0062 (hereafter referred to as "Account") A copy of the account history is attached here to and collectively marked as Exhibit "A." 4. By using the Account, Defendant agreed to repay any incurred balances and/or charges made to the Account pursuant to the terms and conditions governing said Account. Failure to pay Defendant's incurred charges on the Account is considered a default. At all relevant times material hereto, Defendant has used said Account for the purchase of products, goods and/or for obtaining services. This c unnnnunication is from a debt cE?llecwr axial is in atteinpi to coll,;? i a = °??.. Any information obtainod will be used for that parpo:e. 6. Defendant was provided with copies of the Statements of Account showing all debits and credits for transactions on the aforementioned Account to which there was no bonafide objection by Defendant. Defendant was in default with respect to that debt for failure to make the required payments on the Account. The last payment made on this Account was on June 8, 2009. Plaintiff is the purchaser, assignee and/or successor in interest HSBC BANK NEVADA, N.A. / ORCHARD BANK and Plaintiff is now the holder of the Account. A true and correct copy of the affidavit is attached hereto and collectively marked as Exhibit "A." 9. As of the date within Complaint, the remaining balance due, owing and unpaid on Defendant's Account, as a result of Defendant and/or any authorized user's use of said Account is in the sum of $849.48. 10. Despite reasonable and repeated demands for payment. Defendant has refused and continues to refuse to pay all sums due and owing on the aforementioned Account, all to the damage and detriment of the Plaintiff. 11. The amount in controversy is within the jurisdictional amount requiring compulsory arbitration. WHEREFORE, Plaintiff respectfully requests this Honorable court enter Judgment in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendant, MICHAEL T JOHNSON, in the amount of $849.48, plus costs of this action and any other relief as the Court deems just and ea nable. Robert N. Polas Jr., Esquire # 201259-*?- Carrie A. Brown, Esquire # 94055 11-08581 This contniuniration is from a debt collector and is an attempt to collect a debt Any information )btained will be used for that pttrpose. VERIFICATION The undersigned Custodian of Records for Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC, Elaine Freeman-Lark hereby states that he/she is authorized to take this verification on behalf of said Plaintiff in the within action and verifies that the statements made in the foregoing Complaint are true and correct to the best of his/her knowledge, information, and belief, based upon information provided by the Plaintiff. The undersigned understands that false statements herein are made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S. Section 4904, relating to unsworn falsification to authorities. Date : OCT 12 2011 By: E ' e Freeman-Lark ustodian of Records 11-08581 This communication is from a debt collector and is an attempt to collect a debt. Any informar ton obtained will be used for that purpose. EXHIBIT A PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC 140 Corporate Boulevard Norfolk, Virginia 23502 Telephone: 1-866-428-8102 Fax: 1-757-518-0860 Statement of Account Account: ************0062 MICHAEL T JOHNSON Account Holder: MICHAEL T JOHNSON 45 WOLF BRIDGE RD CARLISLE PA 17013 Consumer Account Issuer: Assignee: Account Number: Date Account Opened: Date of Last Payment: Date of Charge Off: Balance at Purchase Purchase Date: Product Code: MC HSBC BANK NEVADA, N.A. / ORCHARD BANK Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC ************0062 August 4, 2008 June 8, 2009 January 30, 2010 $849.48 July 27, 2010 Balance at Charge-Off- Less Payments: Balance Due: 11-08581 HSBI70 $849.48 $.00 $849.48 THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. AFFIDAVIT State of Virginia City of Norfolk ss. I, the undersigned, Elaine Freeman-Lwk depose, affirm and state as follows: Custodian of Records, for Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC hereby I am competent to testify to the matters contained herein. 2. I am an authorized employee of Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC, ("Account Assignee") which is doing business at Riverside Commerce Center, 140 Corporate Boulevard, Norfolk, Virginia. I am familiar with the policies and practices, as well as the books and records of Account Assignee with respect to the matters stated herein. This affidavit is based upon my personal knowledge of Account Assignee's record keeping system and my review of Account Assignee's records, including a review of the business records transferred to Account Assignee from HSBC BANK NEVADA, N.A. / ORCHARD BANK ("Account Seller"), which have become a part of and have integrated into Account Assignee's business records, in the ordinary course of business. 3. According to the business records, which are maintained in the ordinary course of business, the account, and all proceeds of the account are now owned by the Account Assignee, all of the Account Seller's interest in such account having been sold, assigned and transferred by the Account Seller on July 27, 2010. Further, the Account Assignee has been assigned all of the Account Seller's power and authority to do and perform all acts necessary for the settlement, satisfaction, compromise, collection or adjustment of said account, and the Account Seller has retained no further interest in said account or the proceeds thereof, for any purpose whatsoever. 4. According to the records transferred to the Account Assignee from Account Seller, and maintained in the ordinary course of business by the Account Assignee, there was due and payable from MICHAEL T JOHNSON ("Debtor") to the Account Seller the sum of $849.48 with the respect to account number (************0062), as of January 30, 2010 with there being no known un-credited payments, counterclaims or offsets against the said debt as of the date of the sale. 5. According to the records of said Account Assignee, after all known payments, counterclaims, and/or setoffs occurring subsequent to the date of sale, Account Assignee claims the sum of $849.48 as due and owing as of the date of this affidavit. 1' Recovery Associates, LLC P rI 1??a Elaine Freeman-Lark , Custodian of Records 4?A9 bscnbed and sw(An to before m on of V 2011 otary Public 11-08581 Brecheile Yowand Kin dd Commonwealth of Virginia Notary Public Commission No. 7372659 My Commission Expires 06/30/2014 This commul.tcation is from a dent collector and is an attest to collect a debt. Am, int'orrna ion obtaiired will be used for that purl)ose. BILL OF SALE HSBC CARD SERVICES (IIl) INC. (Ma HOUSEHOLD CARD SERVICES INC.) ("Seller"), for value received and pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Receivables Purchase Agreement ("Agreement') dated October 26, 2009 between Seller and HSBC CARD SERVICES (III) INC. and Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC, ("Purchaser"), does hereby sell, assign and convey to Purchaser, its successor and assigns, all right, title and interest of Seller in and to those certain Purchased Receivables (as defined in the Agreement) listed on the attached Exhibit A f Sale File), without recourse and without representation of, or warranty of, collectibility, or otherwise, except to the extent provided for within the Agreement. EXECUTED this 4`h day of August, 2010. HSBC C SERVICES (III) INC. By: Name: Susan Solomon Title: Vice President-Assistant Secretary HSBC BAN EVADA N.A. By: Name: Susan Solomon Title: Senior Vice President