Discovery to Begin Mid-December in FCRA Suit vs. Verizon, Experian
Defendants Experian and Verizon will meet with attorneys for plaintiff Helen Pollak no later than Dec. 14 to discuss settlement options and develop a proposed discovery plan in Pollak’s Oct. 7 Fair Credit Reporting Act complaint against the two companies,…
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said an order signed Wednesday (docket 4:22-cv-00637) by Chief U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips for Western Missouri in Kansas City. She ordered discovery to begin immediately after the conference. She also ordered the parties to file a joint proposed scheduling order and discovery plan by Dec. 28 and Pollak’s lawyers to take the lead in preparing the proposed plan. Pollak’s complaint alleges that Experian refuses to remove a fraudulent Verizon account from her credit profile and that Verizon has refused to communicate about the account and has provided no avenue to correct the record (see 2210070053). Experian denied any FCRA wrongdoing and said that Pollak will need to deal directly with Verizon herself. Verizon has yet to file an answer to the complaint.