Trujillo

Trujillo v. FIRST AMERICAN REGISTRY, INC.

Caution
157 Cal. App. 4th 628·2007 Cal. App. LEXIS 1981·68 Cal. Rptr. 3d 732
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaDecember 3, 2007G037287, G037760California3,948 words

Opinion

Opinion

Ikola, J.

Plaintiffs Robert Trujillo, William Gradie, and Ronald Friedman appeal from an order granting summary adjudication and a final judgment in favor of defendant First American Registry, Inc., on their causes of action pursuant to the Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act (CCRAA) (Civ. Code, § 1785.1 et seq.), the unfair competition law (UCL) (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.), and the Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act (ICRAA) (§ 1786 et seq.). Plaintiffs alleged defendant had prepared tenant screening reports that correctly showed unlawful detainer actions had been filed against plaintiffs, but which wrongly failed to note the actions had been dismissed or the resulting judgment had been satisfied. Plaintiffs further alleged the incomplete reports had caused property managers to reject their rental applications.

We affirm summary adjudication on each of the three causes of action.

First, defendant was entitled to summary adjudication on the CCRAA cause of action because plaintiffs suffered no damage from the incomplete reports. Defendant’s evidence showed the property managers did not rely upon the omitted unlawful detainer resolutions in rejecting the…

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