Molinari v. Financial Asset Management Systems, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION RICHARD MOLINARI, individually and ) on behalf of a class of similarly situated ) individuals, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 18 C 1526 v. ) ) Judge Sara L. Ellis FINANCIAL ASSET MANAGEMENT ) SYSTEMS, INC., ) ) Defendant. ) OPINION AND ORDER Defendant Financial Asset Management Systems, Inc. (“FAMS”) obtained Plaintiff Richard Molinari’s cellular telephone number from LexisNexis, a company that identifies and collects individuals’ telephone numbers through a process known as “skip tracing.” FAMS then used a system called…