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Idaho Has Had Enough of Bryan Smith's Schemes

The Idaho Supreme Court Ruled that Idaho Freedom Foundation Vice Chairman Bryan Smith's firm Must Pay $127,000 in Legal Fees

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Gregory Graf
Mar 19, 2025
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It seems Bryan Smith just can't stop tripping over his own lies. The East Idaho News reported that Medical Recovery Services—Bryan Smith’s medical collection firm—got smacked with a court order to pay $127,000 in legal fees after suing a woman over an unpaid $460 hospital bill.

Yes, you read that right. The legal fees alone were 276 times the original bill for a medical collections case that never should have been brought in the first place.

Smith has hurt a lot of people over the years through his medical debt collection system and residents of Southeast Idaho are thrilled to finally see him held accountable.

The Business of Making People Miserable

Smith is medical debt collection attorney, Vice Chairman of the Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF), and serves as the National Committeeman for the Idaho GOP. He has made a fortune suing working-class Idahoans over medical debt.

People who went to the ER for a broken arm or for cancer treatment over the years often found themselves under the thum…

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