Legal Opinion
Suntrust Bank v. Bickerstaff
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 6, 2019No. A18A1519PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gobeil, Judge.
In 2010, Jeff Bickerstaff, Jr., 1 a customer of SunTrust Bank ("SunTrust"), filed a complaint against SunTrust on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated asserting that SunTrust's overdraft fees constitute unlawful interest charges and raising claims for violation of Georgia's civil and criminal usury laws ( OCGA §§ 7-4-2 and 7-4-18, respectively), money had and received, and conversion. This is the third appearance of this case before this Court. In the instant appeal, SunTrust challenges the Superior Court of Fulton County's order holding SunTrust's class-action…
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