United States Fourth Circuit

In a Fair Credit Reporting Act action based on errors by Defendant credit bureau, judgment for Plaintiff is affirmed where Plaintiff offered sufficient evidence of her damages based on denial of credit and emotional distress, but reversed where the District Court failed to consider prevailing market evidence in awarding attorney's fees.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/04/2008
• Decided 03/16/2009
• Published 03/16/2009

Judges

• Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, and SHEDD and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• ARGUED:  Barry Goheen, King & Spalding, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for Equifax Information Services, LLC. Alexander Hugo Blankingship, III, Blankingship & Associates, PC, Alexandria, Virginia, for Nicole M. Robinson.   ON BRIEF:  John W. Montgomery, Jr., Montgomery & Simpson, LLLP, Richmond, Virginia, for Equifax Information Services, LLC. Thomas B. Christiano, Blankingship & Associates, PC, Alexandria, Virginia, for Nicole M. Robinson.