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: Caveat EmptorDebt collectors filed more than 36,000 lawsuits in Minnesota in 2007
By Sam Glover

According to the Strib, debt collection lawsuits and default judgment filings are skyrocketing, and went up to more than 36,000 for 2007.
36,000!!! For crying out loud. That’s 3,000 per month! And those are just the lawsuits that actually get filed.
[via Consumer Rights Watch]
[photo: Star Tribune]
Full post as published by Caveat Emptor on February 26, 2008 (boomark / email).
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