Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Bank of America Corp.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 6, 2011No. A11A0277PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MCFADDEN, Judge.
Rosa Thomas appeals the trial court’s order dismissing her putative class action against Bank of America Corporation and FLA Card Services, N.A. Because we agree with the trial court that federal banking law preempts Thomas’s claims, we affirm.
We review de novo the grant of a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim and construe the complaint’s factual allegations in favor of the plaintiff. Hedquist v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, 284 Ga. App. 387 (643 SE2d 864) (2007). Viewed in this light, the record shows that the defendants are national banking…
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