Plaintiff applied for a job at Neiman Marcus’s Oak Brook, Illinois, store as an entry-level dress collections sales associate. Ohle was interviewed and was informed that she should expect an offer for the position, pending completion of a successful background check.
Neiman Marcus ran a background check through a third-party vendor. The third party informed Neiman Marcus that Ohle failed her credit check and, on that basis, did not investigate the remaining areas of inquiry.
The report indicated Ohle had several civil judgments against her and several accounts in collections.
On July 17, 2012, Ohle received a letter from the reporting agency informing her that she failed the credit check and, based on her credit report, she would not be hired.
Plaintiff filed this suit individually and on behalf of a class, alleging a claim for violation of the Employee Credit Privacy Act.
The legislative synopsis states that the Act
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