Legal Opinion

Williams v. First Advantage LNS Screening Solutions, Inc.

District Court, N.D. Florida

Decided October 14, 2015No. Case No. 1:13cv222-MW/GRJPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Mark E. Walker, United States District Judge

Is Richard Williams incredibly unlucky, or is First Advantage LNS Screening Solutions not very good at performing public records searches on individuals with common names? This case concerns a pair of inaccurate background reports that may have cost Plaintiff Richard Alexander Williams (“Williams”) two different jobs. Williams claims that Defendant First Advantage LNS Screening Solutions, Inc. (“First Advantage”) — a credit reporting agency (“CRA”) that contracts with…

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