Date: 09-16-2006

Case Style: Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, et al. v. USIS Commercial Services

Case Number: 1:04-cv-01384-REB-CBS

Judge: Robert E. Blackburn

Court: United States District Court for the District of California, Denver County

Plaintiff's Attorney:

Paul Cullen, Sr., Paul Cullen, Jr. and Randy Herrick-Stare of Cullen Law firm, PLLC, Washington, D.C.

Defendant's Attorney:

Dan Barney, Russell Taylor, and Bob Browning of Scopelitis, Garvine, Light & Hanson, Washington, D.C. and Indianapolis, Indiana; John Burkhardt and Larry Henry of Boone, Smith, Davis, Hurst & Dickman, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Richard Harring of Grimshaw & Harring, P.C., Denver, Colorado; Scott Rowland of Gable & Gotwals, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Description:

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, et al. sued USIS Commercial Services, formerly known as DAC Services, for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act requirements in failing to follow reasonable procedures to ensure maximum accuracy in collecting employment history information from trucking companies for use by other trucking companies to use in deciding whether to hire drivers. The plaintiffs claimed that truckers' employment histories, as collected by USIS, likewise count as consumer credit reports.

USIS denied wrongdoing and claimed that it recommends that drivers review the information contained in their DAC Employment History File just as they would check information in their credit reports.

Outcome: Defendant's verdict.

Plaintiff's Experts: Unavailable

Defendant's Experts: Unavailable

Comments: None