James Alston, claiming to have been assigned FDCPA claims from a third party (Louis Greene), brought various claims against National Credit Systems, Inc. under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).
This long-running asbestos bankruptcy saga involving Kaiser Gypsum and its affiliate Hanson Permanente Cement returned to the Fourth Circuit following a Supreme Court remand, which held that Truck Insurance Exchange ("Truck") qualified as a “party in interest” under § 1109(b) of the Bankruptcy Code. This opened the door for Truck to assert objections to the proposed § 524(g) reorganization plan, which had previously been rebuffed for lack of standing.
