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  1. #1
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    Default Do you have to pay a collection agency's lawyer fees?

    I was recently sued for an outstanding medical debt by the Collection company. i don't have a problem with the paying the debt. but should i have pay the collection company’s lawyer fees and court filling fee? shouldn't that be their responsibility to pay their own lawyer?
    Can that fee be negotiated?
    Can I just pay off the debt at the clinic, whom I owe the debt originally, and then the collection company won’t have a case?

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    Default Debt Collection

    You probably agreed in your contract for services that you would pay the expenses of collection, including court costs and legal fees. It is also ordinary for any losing party to be assessed court costs associated with a case. Paying the debt at this point is unlikely to have any effect on the pending litigation. You may be able to make an offer to the collection agency to pay the debt - that may be appealing to them, because collection even after judgment is not always easy.

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    i can understand that a Credit card company might have wording like that regarding collection fees in there contract. but i dont think i signed anything like that at doctor's office that says im resposible for all collection fees.

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