Litigation
Jun. 13, 2008
Dental Debt Has Wronged Patients Biting Back
Monica Palacios, a Venice-based writer, enlisted the help of her lawyer friends to get charges of $10,000 for services she had cancelled removed from her account. But, she said, “for people who have no connections and no resources to fight, it’s a perfect scam.”
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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LOS ANGELES - Juan Puentes, a 75-year-old former farmworker, walked into the dentist's office last year with a toothache. He walked out hours later with a raging credit problem.
At some point, between the exam and paying his bill, Puentes unknowingly applied for a $20,000 line of credit and approved m...
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