My question involves collection proceedings in the State of: TN
Long story short, I had to move out of my apartment because a neighbor robbed and then tried to kill me. I hired a pro bono lawyer to help with the situation because of course the apartment complex did not want to let me out of the lease. The apartment complex filed the first step of the eviction process after they told my lawyer they would not. After my lawyer contacted them, their lawyer said it was a mistake and went to the courthouse to have it removed from the records (VOL. NON SUIT AT PLT COST). My lawyer also gave the apartment notice (on behalf of me) that I would no longer be staying there and to let me out of the lease without penalty. I'm not sure if they ever responded but I asked my lawyer if I had to pay or owe the apartment complex anything. He pointed to a specific line in the court document and told me no because they dropped it and if they did want any money the lawsuit would have been the way to do it. Never heard from the apartment complex again and the lawyer closed the case once they dropped the suit.
It is now almost a year later and I check my credit report and they have turned me over to collections for $2300. They never even contacted me or my lawyer about any charges. Can they just turn me over to collections and they have not even attempted to contact the parties especially since we were dealing with this legally? And I don't even know what the charges are for. I'm thinking about trying to open another case but the collection agency is located in TX. I don't know if it would do any good to get another laywer in TN.

