Mealey's ( February 1, 2023, 2:37 PM EST) -- DETROIT — A federal judge in Michigan on Jan. 31 ruled that a borrower’s state and federal debt collection law violation claims against a debt collector must proceed to trial because competing evidence precludes the borrower from obtaining summary judgment as to liability against the debt collector over its failure to remove a disputed debt from the borrower’s credit report, resulting in her inability to receive a home equity line of credit (HELOC) from her mortgage lender....