Settlement Approval Denied, Claims Trimmed In Employee’s Credit Report Class Suit

Mealey's (November 25, 2019, 12:34 PM EST) -- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on Nov. 15 declined to preliminarily approve a $500,000 class settlement by The Salvation Army in a former employee’s class complaint concerning her credit report that was pulled when she was hired, finding that the employee lacked standing to bring two of her three claims (LaShannda Jones, et al. v. The Salvation Army, No. 18-804, M.D. Fla., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 198352)....