Walgreens Loses Bid to Nix Worker Class Suit Over Credit Check

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. failed to shake a proposed class lawsuit by a worker who says she was fired on her second day because a background check couldn’t confirm her Social Security number.

The suit pleads a plausible claim that Walgreens violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by immediately adopting the conclusion of the third-party company that ran the check that the worker was ineligible for employment, the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said Wednesday. That could mean she didn’t receive the report and notice of her right to dispute it before Walgreens took adverse action ...