Experian Credit Bureau Finds A Consumer Who Fights Back

Attorney Robert Sola won the nation's largest consumer-credit verdict, $5 million in punitive damages against TransUnion, for Judy Thomas, an Oregon woman whose information was mixed up with another woman's who had atrocious credit. A judge later reduced the award to $1.3 million.

Hundreds of such cases are filed every year and Sola has filed new suits for a new client.

Sheldon Chrysler's finances have been ruined since a collection related to a DirecTV account in Detroit showed up without explanation on his credit report.

But Sheldon Chrysler has never lived in Detroit. He sent letters to DirecTV and the credit bureau Experian but his pleas went nowhere and his credit score plummeted.

"No one should have to go through this," Chrysler said. "All I want is my good credit back and my chance to make a good living."

Chrysler filed a complaint in U.S. District Court against DirecTV, the collection agency that DirecTV used and Experian for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act, a federal law that says this can't happen to him.

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