Legal Opinion
Stevenson v. Employers Mutual Ass'n
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 28, 1997No. 96 C 4414PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ASPEN, Chief Judge:
“What’s in a name?” 1 Unluckily for Plaintiff Michael Stevenson, he shares the same name with a three-time convicted felon. According to the First Amended Complaint, when the plaintiffs employer, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, asked credit reporting agency Employers Mutual Association (EMA) to do criminal background checks on the hospital’s employees, Stevenson was wrongly identified as the felon and suspended from his job. Now, the plaintiff brings this action against Northwestern, two hospital executives, and EMA and its president, David…
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