Plaintiffs' California State Law Cause Of Action Not Preempted By The FCRA

Brown v. Mortensen, 51 Cal. 4th 1052 (Cal. 2011)

Facts: Plaintiffs sued Mortensen, a debt collector, alleging violations of the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, related to the debt collector's disclosure of Plaintiffs' and their children's medical information to the CRAs. Mortensen argued that those claims were preempted because the operative complaint stated that Plaintiffs complained to the CRAs that the disclosures were inaccurate and, alternatively, because the...