Damages against TransUnion lawsuits limited by the Supreme Court

The scope of class-action lawsuits against TransUnion was limited by the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday. The credit reporting agency had flagged names of thousands as matching those of suspected terrorists and drug traffickers on a government list. As a result, thousands had filed lawsuits to recover damages from the agency.

TransUnion had been ordered to pay $40 million in damages by the lower court. The order was appealed to the Supreme Court which found insufficient evidence to indicate that TransUnion’s conduct harmed all those who had filed lawsuits. This led to the reduction in the amount that will be charged as damages.

Reiterating the Supreme Court’s order Kavanaugh wrote “No concrete harm, no standing.”

Among the 8,185 members whose names had matched names on the government list, information on only 1,853 has been revealed publicly.
The 6,332 others were not liable to receive any compensation.

According to the court none aside from the lead complainant, California-based Sergio Ramirez, could show that they had suffered any harm. Ramirez along with other consumers had been wrongly identified security threats by TransUnion.