FAYETTEVILLE – An Oak Hill consumer alleges a debt collector is engaging in unreasonable or oppressive conduct.
William Sumpter filed a complaint on Dec. 1, 2017, in the Fayette Circuit Court against Diversified Adjustment Services alleging that the debt collector violated the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that the defendant has contacted him in an attempt to collect an alleged debt and has used unreasonable and abusive conduct, fraudulent and misleading representations, caused his phone to ring with the intent to harass and other actions.
The plaintiff seeks actual, compensatory, punitive and statutory damages, litigation costs and any further relief as the court may deem proper. He is represented by Ralph C. Young, Christopher B. Frost and Steven R. Broadwater Jr. of Hamilton, Burgess, Young & Pollard PLLC in Fayetteville. The case has been assigned to Circuit Judge Paul M. Blake Jr.
Fayette Circuit Court case number 17-C-340
