GRIFFIN v. SIRVA, INC.

No. 35.

29 N.Y.3d 174 (2017)

76 N.E.3d 1063

54 N.Y.S.3d 360

2017 NY Slip Op 03557

TRATHONY GRIFFIN et al., Appellants, v. SIRVA, INC., et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided May 4, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lichten & Bright, P.C., New York City ( Stuart Lichten of counsel), for appellants.

George W. Wright & Associates, LLC, New York City ( George W. Wright and Narinder S. Parmar of counsel), for respondents.

Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General, New York City ( Philip V. Tisne , Barbara D. Underwood and Steven C. Wu of counsel), for State of New York, amicus curiae.

Sally Friedman , Legal Action Center, New York City ( Monica Welby of counsel), Judith M. Whiting , General Counsel, Community Service Society of New York, New York City, Law Office of Deborah H. Karpatkin, New York City ( Deborah H. Karpatkin of counsel), and Sachin S. Pandya , University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, Connecticut, for Legal Action Center and others, amici curiae.

Seyfarth Shaw LLP, New York City ( Courtney S. Stieber of counsel), and Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago, Illinois ( Pamela Q. Devata and John W. Drury of counsel), for National Association of Professional Background Screeners, amicus curiae.

Hudson Cook, LLP, Hanover, Maryland ( Latif Zaman of counsel), and Hudson Cook, LLP, Washington, D.C. ( Jennifer L. Sarvadi and Rebecca E. Kuehn of counsel), for Consumer Data Industry Association, amicus curiae.

Daniel Gammerman , Syosset, for American Moving & Storage Association, Inc., amicus curiae.

John Ware Upton , New York City, for Erik M. Fink and others, amici curiae.

Judges STEIN, FAHEY, GARCIA and WILSON concur;


OPINION OF THE COURT

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