A class action lawsuit has been filed against debt collection firm Zwicker & Associates P.C., accusing the company of allegedly misleading debtors who are being sued in small claims court into uncontested default judgments.
They claim that the summonses served on them did not state a return date or require an appearance within 30 days, leaving them unclear about what action to take.
The lawsuit further alleges that this practice is regular for Zwicker & Associates, based on a random sampling of summonses in their cases.
The case was filed in Cook County Circuit Court on Dec. 4 by attorneys Daniel A. Edelman, Dulijaza (Julie) Clark and Matthew J. Goldstein, of the firm of Edleman Combs Latturner & Goodwin, of Chicago.