Dietz v. Chase Home Finance, LLC

OPINION BY

OTT, J.:

Paul W. Dietz and Marian L. Dietz, husband and wife (“the Dietzes”), appeal the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas’ order, entered on March 17, 2011, 1 granting Chase Home Finance, LLC’s (“Chase”) motion for judgment on the pleadings and dismissing the Dietzes’ complaint with prejudice. On appeal, the Dietzes allege the trial court erred in finding their causes of action for negligence and defamation were preempted by Section 1681t(b) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), 15 U.S.C. § 1681t(b). Based on the following, we affirm.

On September 16, 2009, the Dietzes…