A jury determined that Equifax Information Services must pay $1.02 million to a leukemia patient who blamed the credit industry for identity theft that almost prevented him from paying for life-saving medical treatment. In 2007, Eric Robert Drew was hospitalized with terminal leukemia, when a hospital worker stole his identity and repeatedly procured credit cards. Drew said numerous banks, credit issuers and other credit agencies, including Equifax, refused to cancel the accounts and correct the bad credit report entries, despite the knowledge that this was necessary for Drew to pay for his treatment. Drew sued Equifax and several others for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and other consumer protection laws. Most of the defendants settled or were dismissed prior to trial. Equifax denied the allegations, but the jury found that it willfully violated the FCRA.
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