Judge cuts Oregon woman's award in Equifax case from $18.4 million to $1.62 million

Source: The Oregonian

A federal judge (Wednesday) reduced the $18.6 million a jury had awarded an Oregon woman who spent years battling with Equifax down to $1.62 million.

Atlanta-based Equifax had appealed the jury’s bountiful award in December, asking the judge to vastly reduce the punitive damages so they would match the $180,000 the plaintiff had received in compensatory damages.

... “We were expecting a reduction but we are disappointed by the result,” said Justin Baxter of the Portland firm Baxter & Baxter who represented plaintiff Julie Miller. He added it’s “unclear at this point” what the firm’s next move will be.

... In her lawsuit, Miller had shared how she had attempted to contact Equifax eight times between 2009 and 2011 in an effort to correct inaccuracies, including erroneous accounts and collection attempts, as well as a wrong Social Security number and birthday. Yet over and over, the lawsuit had alleged, the the credit reporting agency failed to correct its mistakes.

Read more: http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/01/judge_cuts_oregon_womans_award.html

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Previously on DU, July 2013:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023356077
Oregon woman awarded $18.6 million after Equifax failed to fix errors on her credit report
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