Bank of America Customer Wins Class Certification in Fee Dispute

A Bank of America NA account holder who sued the company for allegedly breaching its contract when it improperly charged ATM fees got approval on her second attempt to certify a class of similar consumers.

The differences in state laws regarding breach of contract don’t vary so much that individualized concerns trump common ones, Judge Dana M. Sabraw, of the US District Court for the Southern District of California, wrote in a Thursday order. Sabraw certified a class of Bank of America account holders who were charged more than one balance inquiry fee during the same visit to an ...