STEVENSON v. TRW INC.

No. 91-7142.

987 F.2d 288 (1993)

John STEVENSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TRW INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara McDowell, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellant.

O. Glenn Weaver, Irving, TX, Charles W. McGarry, Dallas, TX, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WILLIAMS, HIGGINBOTHAM, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.


JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

TRW Inc. is a credit-reporting firm that appeals a judgment against it for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 1681-1681t). Following a bench trial, the district court awarded John M. Stevenson actual damages of $30,000 for mental anguish, punitive damages of $100,000, and attorney's fees of $20,700 for TRW Inc.'s negligent and willful violations of the Act. After carefully reviewing the record, we...

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