Legal Opinion
Kidd v. Thomson Reuters Corp.
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided October 26, 2017No. 16–CV–1668 (JMF)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JESSE M. FURMAN, United States District Judge:
In 2014, Plaintiff Lindsey A. Kidd applied for a job with the Georgia Department of Public Health ("GaDPH"). Using a subscription-based online research platform operated by Defendant Thomson Reuters Corporation ("Thomson Reuters"), the GaDPH obtained information indicating that Kidd had been convicted of a crime. That information turned out to be wrong, but in the meantime it appears to have cost Kidd the job. As a result, she now brings claims against Thomson Reuters under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. , ("FCRA"), a…
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