Oregon Jury Returns $200,000 Verdict against Equifax in Credit Reporting Case (Valentine v. Equifax)*

Portland, Oregon.

A jury in Portland, Oregon has returned a verdict of $200,000 against Equifax Information Services, LLC, for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Plaintiff's counsel were Portland attorneys Mike Baxter and Justin Baxter.

Ms. Valentine, a high school librarian from Portland, has been disputing fraudulent accounts and information on her Equifax credit reports since 1987, including false and derogatory medical bills and collection accounts. The bills were incurred by a woman in Texas fraudulently using Ms. Valentine's identity. Ms. Valentine sent Equifax police reports, letters from creditors, and detailed correspondence, but Equifax refused to delete false accounts and other false information. Even when accounts were deleted, they would subsequently reappear months or years later. As a result of Equifax's false reporting, Ms. Valentine had to be removed from the deed to her family's home, and endured years of futile attempts to have her otherwise perfect credit restored.

* Verdicts not intended to be representative.