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BACH v. FIRST UNION NAT. BANK

No. 06-3660.

486 F.3d 150 (2007)

Dorothy B. BACH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 15, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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.

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

OPINION

JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

Following trial, a jury determined that defendant-appellant First Union National Bank (FUNB) breached certain provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681-1681x, and awarded $400,000 in compensatory damages and $2,628,600 in punitive damages to plaintiff-appellee, Dorothy Bach. FUNB appealed, claiming, among other things, that the punitive damages award was excessive and in violation...

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