Consumer-Law Records

Holmes v. Bax shows ADA claims often survive summary judgment but injunctive relief can be vacated on remedy grounds; Price v. Diab confirms fee-shifting risk even on default judgments, raising defendant's exposure regardless of merits outcome.

Minano v. DLJ Mortgage Capital shows FCRA claims against furnishers/CRAs often dismissed absent a private right of action or sufficient pleading, while Askins v. CRST shows bare statutory violations can still confer standing. Equifax has repeatedly settled similar FCRA disputes ($2.2M range) rather than litigate to judgment, suggesting moderate but not high survival odds.

Minano v. DLJ Mortgage shows courts readily dismiss FCRA claims lacking private right of action or plausible inaccuracy allegations, while Askins v. CRST shows bare statutory FCRA violations can survive standing challenges. Equifax has settled comparable FCRA disputes twice at $2.2M but also faced a $0.0M outcome, showing outcome variance.

Minano v. DLJ Mortgage Capital shows courts routinely dismiss FCRA furnisher claims lacking specific allegations of inaccurate reporting or reinvestigation failure, while Askins confirms bare statutory violations can still confer standing. Equifax has faced repeated individual FCRA filings (McClary, Dina, Ali, Porter, Jover, Pringle), suggesting a recurring litigation pattern rather than novel exposure.

Minano v. DLJ Mortgage Capital shows FCRA furnisher claims are frequently dismissed for lack of private right of action or insufficient pleading, while Askins v. CRST shows disclosure-based FCRA claims can survive on bare statutory violation theory. Clarity Services faces a mix of dismissal-prone and viable claim types depending on which FCRA provision is invoked.

PRA has direct adverse precedent in Wright v. PRA where its bill-of-sale/affidavit practice was found insufficient and the debtor's counterclaim should have succeeded, showing documentation vulnerabilities. However, Minano shows many FCRA furnisher claims get dismissed for no private right of action or thin pleading, cutting the other way.

Comparables are only tangentially on-point (ECOA disparate-impact and ADA fee-shifting after default), not direct ADA accessibility merits rulings. Price v. Diab confirms ADA plaintiffs who secure injunctive relief can recover fees, suggesting courts favor accessibility remedies once liability is shown.

Comparables are only loosely on-point: Price v. Diab affirmed default judgment/injunctive relief for an ADA accessibility claim but reversed fee entitlement, showing courts split on ancillary remedies even when liability is established. The ECOA disparate-impact opinion is not an ADA case and offers little direct guidance.

Price v. Diab confirms ADA plaintiffs can prevail via default/injunctive relief but fee entitlement is contested; Holmes shows ADA claims often survive summary judgment but injunctive remedies get vacated on procedural grounds.

Price v. Diab confirms ADA accessibility plaintiffs can recover fees even via default judgment, favoring plaintiffs procedurally, but Holmes shows injunctive relief can be vacated absent adequate-remedy analysis, and ECOA precedent underscores narrow textual readings limiting expansive liability theories.

FCRA furnisher claims often dismissed for lack of private right of action or insufficient pleading, as in Minano v. DLJ Mortgage, while disclosure-based claims like Askins v. CRST survived on bare statutory violation theory. Equifax has repeated FCRA filings (McClary, Dina, Ali, Porter, Jover, Pringle) suggesting recurring but often narrow claims.

Minano v. DLJ shows most FCRA furnisher claims dismissed for lack of private right of action, while Askins v. CRST shows bare disclosure violations can survive on standing grounds. Clarity's repeated litigation history (6+ prior filings) suggests recurring but fact-specific outcomes.

FCRA claims against furnishers often fail on private-right-of-action grounds (Minano v. DLJ Mortgage), but disclosure-based standing claims can survive (Askins v. CRST). D.S.C. courts tend to follow strict Article III standing post-TransUnion, cutting both ways.

Recent circuit rulings split sharply on TCPA robocall/text theories: Howard, Perrong, and Hulce narrowed liability via technical statutory definitions, while League of Women Voters v. Kramer let robocall claims survive a motion to dismiss on strong factual allegations. PNC's case will likely hinge on whether the calls/texts used an 'artificial or prerecorded voice' as defined post-Howard.

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Health-privacy tracking claims have split outcomes: Bayhealth allowed breach-of-confidentiality claims to survive MTD, while Integris Health saw state tracking claims remain unclear and Gunnar Optiks needed factual development before dismissal was vacated. No clean win/loss pattern exists for pharma website-tracking wiretap theories yet.

TCPA robocall/text claims are frequently dismissed on technical grounds (Howard, Perrong, Hulce), but claims with concrete injury and clear autodialer/consent facts survive (League of Women Voters v. Kramer).