California employers may not obtain an investigative consumer report to aid them in making employment decisions without complying with the Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act (ICRAA).  (Civ. Code, § 1786, et seq.)  An employer who fails to comply with any of ICRAA’s requirements is liable to the consumer who is the subject of the report for “[a]ny actual damages sustained . . . as a result of the failure or, except in the case of class actions, ten thousand dollars ($10,000), whichever sum is greater.”  (§ 1786.50, subd. (a)(1), italics added.)  We hold ICRAA, by its plain language, authorizes consumers to recover the statutory sum as a remedy for a violation of their statutory rights, without any further showing of injury.  We thus conclude the trial court erred when it required a consumer to demonstrate a concrete injury, such as an adverse employment decision, to establish ICRAA standing and reverse its grant of summary judgment in favor of the employer.

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