Legal Opinion
Jeannie May v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 29, 2017No. 16-1285, 16-1307PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WRIGHT, District Judge.
Appellee/Cross-Appellant Jeannie K. May commenced this action to recover damages under state and federal law arising from the debt-collection practices of Appellant/Cross-Appellee N ationstar Mortgage, Inc. A jury found in favor of May on her invasion-of-privacy claim and her claim that Nationstar negligently violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The jury awarded May compensatory damages on both claims and punitive damages on her invasion-of-privacy claim.
On appeal, Nationstar argues that insufficient evidence supports the jury’s award of punitive damages because May…
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