background checks

2 opinions tagged “background checks”

2/4/26 Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One

Parsonage v. Wal-Mart Associates 2/4/26 CA4/1

The Rule of Parsonage v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. is that ICRAA authorizes consumers to recover the statutory sum of $10,000 as a remedy for a violation of their statutory rights, without any further showing of concrete injury or adverse employment decision, under circumstances where an employer fails to comply with any requirement of ICRAA's disclosure and consent provisions.

6/4/26 Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Three

Askins v. CRST Expedited, Inc. 6/4/26 CA1/3

The Rule of Askins v. CRST Expedited, Inc. is that the Fair Credit Reporting Act does not require proof of concrete injury for standing in California state courts, and a statutory violation alone is sufficient to confer standing, under circumstances where a federal statute provides statutory damages without requiring actual damages.

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