Fifth Circuit Weighs in on Time Barred Debt
The Fifth Circuit has joined the growing split in circuits concerning the collection of time barred debt. In Daugherty v. Convergent Outsourcing, Inc., 2016U.S. App. LEXIS 16531 (5th Cir. Tex. Sept. 8, 2016), the Fifth Circuit joined the Sixth and Seventh Circuit in holding that “a collection letter that is silent as to litigation, but [...]