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Steve Hofer has been practicing consumer law in Indiana for more than 20 years. He is a former Indiana State Chairperson of the National Association of Consumer Advocates, a national organization of attorneys striving for fairness in the consumer marketplace. Contact me by phone at 317-662-4529 or via email at hoferlawindyATgmail.com. You can also leave a message through my website at www.hoferlawindy.com.
Showing posts with label Great Seneca Financial Corp.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Great Seneca Financial Corp.. Show all posts

Saturday, December 28, 2019

Success Getting Old Judgment Set Aside Against Palisades Acquisition XVI

Of all of my blog posts during 2019, the post about Chrysler Pacificas stalling was pretty popular. So was the one about problems with Lexington Law.  Even More popular was the post about Dodge Enterprises and Hiday and Ricke. The most popular post was my post about the problems with Palisade Acquisition XVI.  People Searched and clicked on this post 171 times.  (Granted 2 or three were probably me.)  In a world where some web pages get hit 1 billion times, 171 isn't many, but I hope that of those people at least a handful were wisend, called a lawyer and got their judgment set aside. 

Attorney Keith Hagan and I handled exactly one of these cases this year and it went exactly like I thought it would.  We were able to get the old judgment set aside for lack of service of process and we got the attorney from Levy and Associates kicked off the case (appearance stricken) because the attorney misstated her client as Great Seneca Financial Corp., a company that didn't hire her firm because it no longer existed.   Thee judge also agreed with our contention that an affidavit of assignment isn't the same as an assignment, and there was no assignment filed with the court. 

If you are interested in looking at the docket of the case, it is Great Seneca Financial Corporation vs. Kaiser, 71C01-0408-CC-000763,  click here. 

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

More on the Ghost of Great Seneca in Florida

Earlier this year I wrote about Collection activities by a company called Dodge Enterprises in Florida on old debts relating to dead companies.  That was one of my most popular posts from the last year with 104 hits. (Hey, this isn't the New York Times.) I did not get corresponding calls relating to this issue. If you are subject to collections by Dodge Enterprises, I urge you to call me at 317-662-4529. 

By the way, I am interested in collection actions in the names of any of these dead companies anywhere in the United States. Dodge Enterprises does not have to be involved.

A copy of the original post is below:

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It has come to our attention that a company named Dodge Enterprises, Inc., typically represented by the law firm of Hiday and Ricke, PA, has been collecting on judgments originally awarded to Great Seneca Financial Corp.  Some people may be facing wage garnishments or asset attachments arising out of these old cases. Typically these cases were brought between 2003 and 2007.

As far as I can tell Dodge Enterprises has only been active in Florida.

I have written multiple times on the topic of Great Seneca, but basically, Great Seneca Financial Corp. is a dead company and has been since 2008.  It is one of a group of dead companies listed below:

Great Seneca Financial Corporation
Platinum Financial Services Corporation
Monarch Capital Corporation
Centurion Capital Corporation
Sage Financial Corporation
Hawker Financial Corporation
 Colonial Credit Corporation

If Dodge Enterprises, or any other entity for that matter, contacts relating to judgments originating with one of the companies above, it is very important that you make whoever is trying to collect from you provide proof of assignment of the judgment, and that proof should go back to the original judgment-holder and be account specific.  If they can't provide that level of proof, you might have defenses to paying on the judgments, and if you don't wait too long, you may actually be able to get some money back that you've already paid.

Feel free to call us at 317-662-4529 if you have been garnished or are facing collection by Dodge Enterprises arising from an old debt or judgment.

Monday, April 22, 2019

Dodge Enterprises, Inc. and Hiday and Ricke, PA and the Ghost of Great Seneca

It has come to our attention that a company named Dodge Enterprises, Inc., typically represented by the law firm of Hiday and Ricke, PA, has been collecting on judgments originally awarded to Great Seneca Financial Corp.  Some people may be facing wage garnishments or asset attachments arising out of these old cases. Typically these cases were brought between 2003 and 2007.

As far as I can tell Dodge Enterprises has only been active in Florida.

I have written multiple times on the topic of Great Seneca, but basically, Great Seneca Financial Corp. is a dead company and has been since 2008.  It is one of a group of dead companies listed below:

Great Seneca Financial Corporation
Platinum Financial Services Corporation
Monarch Capital Corporation
Centurion Capital Corporation
Sage Financial Corporation
Hawker Financial Corporation
 Colonial Credit Corporation


If Dodge Enterprises, or any other entity for that matter, contacts relating to judgments originating with one of the companies above, it is very important that you make whoever is trying to collect from you provide proof of assignment of the judgment, and that proof should go back to the original judgment-holder and be account specific.  If they can't provide that level of proof, you might have defenses to paying on the judgments, and if you don't wait too long, you may actually be able to get some money back that you've already paid. 

Feel free to call us at 317-662-4529 if you have been garnished or are facing collection by Dodge Enterprises arising from an old debt or judgment.