Mercado v. GE Money Bank

CURLEY, PJ.

¶ 1. Ada Mercado and Angela Terry appeal from a judgment dismissing their action seeking class action status and asserting violations of the Wisconsin Consumer Act (WCA) against GE Money Bank (GE) and Kohn Law Firm, S.C. (Kohn). The alleged violations arose out of pleading defects in underlying small claims actions filed against them; namely, GE's purported failure to satisfy the disclosure requirements set forth in Wis. Stat. § 425.109(1)(h) (2005-06).

¶ 2. Mercado and Terry argue that WCA procedural errors can form the basis for substantive claims and that judgments taken in…