Legal Opinion
Beaudry v. TeleCheck Services, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 28, 2009No. 08-6428PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
Cheryl Beaudry appeals the district court’s dismissal of her lawsuit under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA or the Act). Because FCRA’s private right of action does not require proof of actual damages as a prerequisite to the recovery of statutory damages for a willful violation of the Act, we reverse.
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In 2007, Cheryl Beaudry sued the defendants, a group of foreign corporations who provide check-verification services. According to Beaudry, the defendants failed to account for a 2002 change in the numbering used by the Tennessee driver’s license system, leading…
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