Credit Union Will Not Quit Contacting Debtor And Is Sanctioned Over $13,000

Wendelin I. Lipp, the United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Maryland sanctioned Navy Federal Credit Union $3,464.50 in actual damages for attorneys' fees and $10,000.00 in punitive damages for continuing to call and send correspondence to the debtor once being informed of the debtor's Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing.  (You can find the Order Awarding Damages by clicking here).  The debtor's bankruptcy attorney contacted Navy Federal both before and after the debtor filed her Chapter 7 case.  Despite this the Credit Union contacted Ms. Price by phone 10 times, by mail twice and they came to her house once.  Judge Lipp considered it a blatant disregard of the automatic stay.