Wednesday, January 25, 2006

'Professional plaintiff' fit to represent class

David Ziemer reports in the Wisconsin Law Journal on the Seventh Circuit's decision in Murray v. GMAC Mortgage Corp. (No. 05-8035). The court held it was error for a district court to refuse class certification of an action under the FCRA because the named class representative is a "professional plaintiff," meaning plaintiff had decided to sue every creditor who may have violated the FCRA, rather than just one.