Legal Opinion
MacDermid v. Discover Financial Services
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 29, 2007No. 06-5792PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.
Donald MacDermid appeals from the magistrate judge’s dismissal of his claims on the pleadings and at summary judgment. See MacDermid, v. Discover Fin. Servs., No. 1:03-0111, 2006 WL 1454743 (M.D.Tenn. May 12, 2006). Mr. MacDer-mid alleges that his wife, who suffered from a severe form of bipolar disorder, committed suicide as a consequence of Discover Financial’s harassing of the couple over $15,000 worth of purchases that she had made, but not paid for, on a Discover credit card. For the reasons discussed below, we AFFIRM in part and REVERSE in part.
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