United States Sixth Circuit

In an appeal arising in circumstances in which defendant-bank had been found after a jury trial to have breached certain provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), an award of $400,000 in compensatory damages and over $2 million dollars in punitive damages is reversed and remanded with directions for entry of an order of remittitur not to exceed $400,000 in punitive damages, because the facts in the case only supported an award of punitive damages not exceeding the amount of the compensatory damages.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/15/2007
• Published 05/15/2007

Judges

• Before GIBBONS and COOK, Circuit Judges;  PHILLIPS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Evan M. Tager, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.  Michael C. Eckert, Eckert & Eckert, Springboro, Ohio, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Evan M. Tager, Miriam R. Nemetz, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Washington, D.C., Barbara F. Yaksic, Cleveland, Ohio, John C. Deal, Winkler & Winkler, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant.   Michael C. Eckert, Roger C. Eckert, Eckert & Eckert, Springboro, Ohio, for Appellee.