Consumer Doesn't Show Liability In ATM Fee Suit, Federal Judge Finds

INDIANAPOLIS - A federal magistrate judge in Indiana on March 27 granted a consumer's motion for summary judgment with respect to certain affirmative defenses asserted by a merchant alleged to have violated the fee-notice requirement of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA), but he denied the consumer's motion with respect to liability, finding that the consumer has not established that the merchant was an ATM operator or that the ATM did not display an exterior notice during the entire...(read more)