Leukemia

Leukemia Survivor Reaches Landmark Settlement With TransUnion in ID Theft Case

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, March 27th, 2008

Leukemia survivor Eric Drew announced that he has reached a settlement with TransUnion over his lawsuit against the credit reporting company charging negligence pertaining to a case of identity theft.

TransUnion is the first of six credit reporting companies and banks which Drew has filed a federal lawsuit against to come to terms on the case. Litigation is still pending against Bank of America, Chase, Citibank, Equifax and Experian.

Five years ago, Eric Drew was on his death bed with leukemia when his identity was stolen by a worker at the hospital where he was being treated. Credit was issued in his name to a fraudulent address in Washington State,...

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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2008-03-27)

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