Williams v. First Advantage Background Services Corp.

Docket Number17-11447
Decision Date09 January 2020

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21 cases
  • Kidis v. Reid
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Sixth Circuit
    • 25 Septiembre 2020
    ...Inc. , 532 U.S. at 433, 121 S.Ct. 1678 and Gore , 517 U.S. at 562, 116 S.Ct. 1589 ); see also Williams v. First Advantage LNS Screening Sols. Inc. , 947 F.3d 735, 750 n.12 (11th Cir. 2020) (noting that although the Supreme Court has only explicitly considered whether the Fourteenth Amendmen......
  • Hardeman v. Monsanto Co.
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit
    • 14 Mayo 2021
    ... ... This appeal arises out of the first bellwether trial for the federal cases ... Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 ... Ct. at 1679 (quoting Rice v. Norman Williams Co. , 458 U.S. 654, 659, 102 S.Ct. 3294, 73 ... First Advantage LNS Screening Sols. Inc , 947 F.3d 735, 754 ... ...
  • Bert Co. v. Turk
    • United States
    • Pennsylvania Supreme Court
    • 19 Julio 2023
    ...of damages demanded, which the plaintiff presents to the jury as a sum certain. See , e.g. , Williams v. First Advantage LNS Screening Solutions Inc. , 947 F.3d 735, 755 (11th Cir. 2020) (holding $250,000 award of compensatory damages was substantial where lost wages resulting from negligen......
  • Rubinstein v. Yehuda
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Eleventh Circuit
    • 29 Junio 2022
    ...978 (11th Cir. 2000). The constitutionality of a punitive damages award is also reviewed de novo. Williams v. First Advantage LNS Screening Sols. Inc. , 947 F.3d 735, 744 (11th Cir. 2020). We review for abuse of discretion the district court's decision to give a jury instruction, including ......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Ten Key FCRA Decisions of 2020
    • United States
    • JD Supra United States
    • 16 Febrero 2021
    ...Advantage Background Servs. Corp., 981 F.3d 1246 (11th Cir. 2020). David Anthony Timothy St. George Noah DiPasquale Williams v. First Advantage LNS Screening Solutions In January 2020, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a $250,000 compensatory damages award and reduced a $3.3 million punitive da......
  • 10 Key FCRA Decisions and Why Companies Should Care About Them
    • United States
    • JD Supra United States
    • 5 Agosto 2020
    ...Va. Sept. 23, 2019). [6] 759 F. App’x 484 (7th Cir. 2019). [7] No. 2:18-cv-02846, 2019 WL 5847851 (W.D. Tennessee, Nov. 7, 2019). [8] 947 F.3d 735 (11th Cir. [9] Williams, 947 F.3d at 765. [10] 923 F.3d 1208 (9th Cir. 2019). [11] 921 F.3d 685 (7th Cir. 2019). [12] See 15 U.S.C. § 1681c(a). ......