Aclys International v. Equifax

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

TERRENCE L. O’BRIEN, Circuit Judge.

Aclys International, LLC, appeals from the district court’s order dismissing its suit against Equifax, Inc., which the court concluded was barred by the economic loss doctrine, a limitation on damages resulting from breach of contract. Aclys argues the economic loss doctrine does not apply because there was no contract between it and Equifax because Equifax owed it an independent duty of care. We affirm

I. BACKGROUND

Aclys hired First Credit Corporation (FCC) to investigate a group of prospective borrowers (individuals and related entities)…