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Yonnie3

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2. I don't know if it was legal, but it happened to me.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Sat Oct 27, 2018, 09:31 AM

Oct 2018

The insurance company of the individual I was suing for personal injury ran a credit check on me. My lawyer shrugged it off and said it was a usual thing for them to do a background check. There weren't any negatives in my report.

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If you're in civil litigation, can an attorney get access to your credit history? [View all] no_hypocrisy Oct 2018 OP

Anyone can get access.to your credit history Cary Oct 2018 #1

I don't know if it was legal, but it happened to me. Yonnie3 Oct 2018 #2

Yes. Iliyah Oct 2018 #3

Not, "unless you can afford the best attorneys money can buy." JayhawkSD Oct 2018 #4

Well said. Attorneys can get other info, too. I have read countless medical records of opponents. Shrike47 Oct 2018 #6

Yes MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #5

Yes. I have even required people to produce their own Social Security Disability applications. Shrike47 Oct 2018 #7

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2018 #8