Class-action suit filed against Equifax in score reporting glitch
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Equifax following a report that millions of credit scores were affected by a technical glitch in the credit bureau' s reporting system . The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in North Georgia by the Florida-based law firm Morgan and Morgan, seeks a trial by jury for damages suffered by anyone whose score changed from at least March 6 to April 6, the period when the glitch is believed to have occurred. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that, as Equifax was transitioning to a new technology system, it unintentionally provided inaccurate credit scores on millions of U.S. consumers seeking various types of credit. In a statement on its website, Equifax acknowledged that as many as 300,000 people experienced a score shift of 25 points or more, enough to swing a borrower's credit rating from good to fair, or fair to poor. The lead plaintiff in the suit is Nydia Jenkins, a Jacksonville, Florida, resident who, according to the ...