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Cleveland, OH - Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP announces that it recently filed a lawsuit against FirstMerit Bank. The class action lawsuit alleges that the plaintiff, and other FirstMerit Bank customers in Ohio, were charged overdraft fees based on FirstMerit Bank's unfair and deceptive overdraft fee practices. The lawsuit alleges that these practices violate Ohio law and FirstMerit Bank's contracts with its customers.
According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff alleges, among other things, that FirstMerit Bank: (a) engaged in a systematic policy of re-ordering debit card transactions from highest dollar amount to lowest dollar amount so as to deplete the customer's available funds as quickly as possible while maximizing the number of overdraft fees; (b) charged overdraft fees even in situations where in fact a customer did not overdraw his checking account; (c) failed to disclose or properly disclose its overdraft policies; and (d) provides false and misleading account balance information on the bank's website or at the point of sale.
"Banks should not be allowed to gouge customers by unfairly manipulating the manner in which transactions are posted and overdrafts are charged. We are continuing to investigate other banks in Ohio, and throughout the Midwest," said Stuart Scott, a lawyer with the Cleveland-based law firm Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP, which represents the plaintiff.
A copy of the FirstMerit Bank class action petition is available from the Court, or can be viewed Here
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