Months after the Equifax data breach, consumers are taking the Atlanta-based company to small claims court — and winning.
A librarian from Vermont took the credit-reporting agency to court shortly after the massive hack was disclosed.
West sued Equifax for nearly $5,000, but the judge agreed to give her $690 ($90 of which was for court fees), Krebs reports.
He said that although he had a business interest (his company was offering to pay the court fees for small claims litigants on a contingency basis) he was also acting as a duped consumer.
“I also filed my own lawsuit against Equifax, half expecting to have my case dismissed, and half expecting Equifax to not even show up.
He said that Equifax successfully filed to delay the lawsuit in an attempt to get similar cases lumped into one court session.
So why would Equifax spend that kind of money on an $8,000 small claim? »
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