Supreme Court Denies Credit Report Case

Supreme Court Denies BofA Unit Appeal In Credit Report Case

By Maya Jackson Randall, Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Bank of America Corp. (BAC) unit's appeal of a ruling that allowed a California consumer to sue the company for allegedly reporting inaccurate information to credit bureaus.................................

.....................The case grew out of a consumer's 2002 quarrel over a television purchase. John Gorman bought a satellite TV using a Visa credit card issued by MBNA, the Bank of America subsidiary now known as FIA. But the TV was defective, according to Gorman. He disputed the charges, which amounted to several hundred dollars and, according to court documents, vowed to never pay the disputed charge. In 2004, MBNA reported his delinquencies to the credit bureaus. Later that year, Gorman sued MBNA, alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. By not alerting the credit bureaus that the debt was part of an ongoing dispute, the information MBNA provided was inaccurate, Gorman argued.................

........... because the bank still did not point out the dispute even after Gorman challenged the information and the bank conducted its own investigation, Gorman could proceed with a lawsuit, the court said. The Supreme Court let that ruling stand without comment. Read more here at the link: And Here

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