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Personal Injury & Torts,
Litigation

Jun. 22, 2017

Federal jury hits TransUnion for $60M in credit misreporting case

A federal jury has handed down a $60 million verdict in a class action against TransUnion, finding the credit reporting agency willfully failed to prevent consumers from being conflated with criminals with similar names — and refused to help fix the problem.

A federal jury handed down a $60 million verdict in a class action against TransUnion, finding the credit reporting agency willfully failed to prevent consumers from being conflated with criminals with similar names and refused to help fix the problem.

The San Francisco jury on Tuesday awarded plaintiff Sergio L. Ramirez and each of 8,185 class members $984.22 in statutory damages under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act and toppe...

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