· 10/25/1993
Prasad v. County of Orange
Citations
- 159 Misc. 2d 330
How courts have described this case
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- a material inaccuracy can be established by “showing that the report contained an entry or entries that . . . were either false or materially misleading.”
- “We next ask whether a jury could find that [Defendant] failed to follow reasonable procedures for assuring the maximum possible accuracy of the information included in its reports.”
- under § 1681e(b); citing Saunders v. Branch Banking & Tr. Co. of Va., 526 F.3d 142, 148 (4th Cir. 2008), and Sepulvado v. CSC Credit Servs., Inc., 158 F.3d 890, 895 (5th Cir. 1988)
- plaintiff can collect statutory and/or punitive damages for a willful violation, which “entails disregard for ‘an unjustifiably high risk of harm that is either known or so obvious that it should be known’” (citation omitted)
- first citing Saunders v. Branch Banking & Tr. Co. of Va., 526 F.3d 142, 148 (4th Cir. 2008) (“[A] consumer report that contains technically accurate information may be deemed ‘inaccurate’ if the statement is presented in such a way that it creates a misleading impression.”
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Judges: Miller
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