Tanasha Harden v. Air Products West Coast Hydrogen
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
The following factual allegations are taken from Plaintiff's Complaint (“Complaint”). (Dkt. No. 1-2). Plaintiff was one of Defendants’ employees from August 2020 to June 2021, when her employment with Defendants ended. (/d.,
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20). When Plaintiff applied for employment with Defendants, they performed a “background investigation” on her. (Id., ¶ 21). Although Defendants conducted such an investigation, Plaintiff alleges that they “did not provide legally compliant disclosure and authorization forms.” (Id., ¶ 22). For this reason, Plaintiff brings a single cause of action against her former employer, for failure to provide proper disclosure in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) (15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.). (Id. at 4). Plaintiff brings this cause of action “individually and on behalf of all [other] similarly situated current, former and prospective employees,” since Plaintiff alleges that Defendants “routinely acquire . . . [consumer reports] . . . to conduct…