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ADAM N. BERRY,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.,
Defendant-Appellee. |
No. 23-1961 |
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit.
No. 2:22-cv-11556—Mark A. Goldsmith, District Judge.
Argued: June 11, 2024
Decided and Filed: August 19, 2024
Before: COLE, GIBBONS, and READLER, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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COLE, Circuit Judge. Pursuant to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Adam N. Berry
alleged that Experian Information Solutions, a consumer reporting agency (CRA), negligently or
willfully published inaccurate information in Berry’s consumer report that he owed spousal and
child support. After Berry sent Experian court orders that allegedly demonstrated that he had no
outstanding support obligations, Experian continued to report that the Michigan Office of Child
Support (OCS) showed Berry had a balance due.
The district court granted Experian’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, reasoning
that the FCRA required Experian to report any information received from OCS about Berry’s
failure to pay support. Because Berry sufficiently pleaded that Experian did not adopt
reasonable procedures to ensure maximum possible accuracy and did not reasonably
reinvestigate Berry’s consumer report after he challenged its accuracy, we REVERSE. |
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STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY,
Plaintiff,
v.
JOEL MICHAEL GUY, JR.,
Defendant-Appellant,
CRYSTAL MICHELLE DENNISON; ANGELA CRAIN;
ALVIN MADERE, JR.; PAULA MADERE KINLER,
Defendants-Appellees. |
No. 21-5562 |
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.
No. 2:18-cv-00074—Clifton Leland Corker, District Judge.
Argued: January 25, 2024
Decided and Filed: August 19, 2024
Before: GRIFFIN, BUSH, and LARSEN, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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LARSEN, Circuit Judge. Joel M. Guy, Jr. brutally murdered his parents with the
calculated goal of collecting the proceeds of his mother’s insurance plans. He argues that the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) requires that he receive those
benefits. The district court disagreed, concluding either that ERISA does not preempt
Tennessee’s slayer statute or that the federal common law prevents Guy from benefitting from
his murders. Guy now appeals. We AFFIRM. |
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