Stratus Services Group, Inc. v. Kash 'N Gold, Ltd.

The defendant in action No. 1, Kash ’N Gold, Ltd. (hereinafter KNG), a wholesale retailer, entered into an agreement with the plaintiff in that action, Stratus Services Group, Inc. (hereinafter Stratus), an employment agency, pursuant to which Stratus agreed to provide temporary workers to staff KNG’s warehouse. Pursuant to those parties’ contract, Stratus agreed to perform candidate screening and to obtain criminal record releases from all candidates. However, no such criminal *642background checks were undertaken. Following a burglary of KNG’s warehouse, a private investigation firm hired by…