Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Connecticut

I have a question. I know someone who's younger brother was leasing an apartment along with two other people. All three names were on the lease agreement and after the lease was up they tallied a total of 600 dollars in fees due to cleaning/rent owed what have you.
The fees were sent out to collection, all three parties who owed were contacted by the CA. Two roomates have proof that they paid 200 dollars a piece. This person's brother was the last to pay and they agreed over the phone to have the CA take 200 dollars out of thier checking account. I know silly move. However the CA hit up their checking account to the tune of 600 dollars. This caused his bank account to go negative and he then racked up additional nsf fees leaving his account approx. -200.
My question is is this legal given the fact that the CA already collected 400 dollars of the total 600 owed from the other two roomates?

Asked on 8/08/10, 1:53 pm

Linda Subbloie Linda A. Subbloie, Esq.

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I believe that all three are jointly and severally liable. This means that it doesn't matter who pays as long as the entire $600 is collected.

Answered on 8/16/10, 3:45 pm

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