Florida Woman Sues Bank for Declaring She Was Dead

July 13, 2011

July 14, 2011 at 9:50 am

youngin' says:

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The bank made a simple error, I don’t know if I agree they deserve to be sued. What I don’t understand is why the credit reporting agencies changed her status to “deceased” based on a notice by one of her creditors, without verifying through SSA first. It seems sloppy. Of course, the more I learn about the credit reporting bureaus the less I like them.

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- July 14, 2011 at 2:25 pm
  
  TN says:
  
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  If it was an isolated incident on Chase’s part, I might agree with you. However this is just a pattern of theirs lately;
  
  http://www.housingwire.com/2011/07/12/lawmakers-to-investigate-foreclosures-on-military-members
  
  http://www.king5.com/news/125105599.html
  
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- July 14, 2011 at 2:33 pm
  
  Renee says:
  
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  Declaring a person dead requires a Death certificate and it is NOT a simple error. Banks require legal documentation to do anything. She is owed for their negligance. Chase makes huge mistakes every day and gets away with it. They need to be taken to task!!!!!!
  
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July 14, 2011 at 3:40 pm

Manny says:

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The error was initiated by the Bank and continued with the Credit Reporting agencies, both should liable for whatever this lady is going through. Banks are making a lot of mistakes by sending checks that belong to another person, arresting for people for attemtpting to cash a check issued by them and now this matter. I have not seen any apology from any of the Institutions involved in errors such us Bank of America and Chase. They are getting pathetic in the manner in which things are handled by either employees or managers. Shame on them.

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