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District Court (Pa.) Says FCRA Plaintiff Gets Past Pleadings Stage Where Divorce Decree Required Plaintiff’s Spouse to Pay the Auto Loan

by Scott J. Hyman |

In Hillis v. Trans Union, LLC, --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2013 WL 5272922 (E.D.Pa. 2013), Judge Davis allowed a FCRA claim to get past the pleading stage.  The dispute arose out of an automobile loan that Plaintiff and his ex-wife entered into during their marriage.In 2007, Plaintiff's marriage ended in divorce, and the Texas court's divorce decree awarded the underlying vehicle… Read More

Court of Appeal (Cal.) Holds that Credit Card Issuer Not Liable to Consumer for Allowing Ex-Spouse to Continue Charging on the Account

by Scott J. Hyman |

In Grossman v. Capital One Bank, 2013 WL 821167 (Cal.App. 4 Dist. 2013), the California Court of Appeal in an unpublished decision found that a credit card debtor did not have a claim against the credit card company for allowing the ex-wife to continue to charge sums on the Account after the divorce decree.  The facts were not atypical of… Read More