Legal Opinion
Sandra Cortez v. Trans Union
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 13, 2010No. 08-2465, 08-2466PublishedCited by 412 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEE, Chief Judge.
Sandra Cortez appeals the district court’s order remitting a jury’s punitive damages award of $750,000 to $100,000 on claims she brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), codified at 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681-1681X. 1 In its cross-appeal, Trans Union, LLC appeals the district court’s order denying its motion for judgment as a matter of law and rejecting Trans Union’s challenge to the jury’s compensatory damages award of $50,000. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm the district court’s orders. 2
I. BACKGROUND
A. Factual History
This dispute began when Cortez…
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