Consumer law -- Debt collection -- Claim or attempt to enforce a debt with knowledge that debt is not legitimate or that legal right does not exist -- Hospital did not violate Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act by sending bill…

ERROR TO FIND DEFENDANT NOT ENTITLED TO ATTORNEY’S FEES BECAUSE DEFENDANT’S PROPOSAL FOR SETTLEMENT FAILED TO ADDRESS PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN CASE, WHERE PUNITIVE DAMAGES WERE NOT PLED BY THE PLAINTIFFS. Brunson v. Ashley, 44 Fla. L. Weekly D1167 (Fla. 1st…