Legal Opinion
Chrysler Financial Co. v. Bergstrom
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided September 9, 2005No. 04-0582PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CADY, Justice.
The Iowa Consumer Credit Code provides remedies for Iowa consumers against creditors who violate certain provisions of the Code. See Iowa Code §§ 537.5201-.5203 (2003). This appeal concerns a violation involving filing a lawsuit against a consumer in the wrong venue and the statutory defense that relieves the creditor of liability for the violation if the creditor shows the violation was unintentional and was the result of a bona fide error that occurred even though the creditor had a procedure in place “reasonably adapted to avoid the error.” Id. § 537.5201(7). We vacate the…
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