Court Awards No Actual, Statutory, Reputational, or Punitive Damages for FCRA Violation in Wrongful Termination Suit

Plaintiff brought action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia after being terminated by Defendant without receiving pre-adverse notice, in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Because the FCRA violation itself was not disputed, this Court only considered whether Plaintiff adequately established actual, statutory, reputational, punitive, and emotional distress damages resulting from the FCRA violation and whether Defendant’s conduct was willful....
By: McGlinchey Stafford

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