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Generally speaking, no. When a case is settled, even for a minor, a release of claims is signed, in a minor's case by a guardian. Depending on the amount for which it settled, it may have had to have been approved by the court. A court goes over the case and rules if the compromise is approved and the guardian will state on behalf of the child they know that this is the most the child can get for the claim and it becomes an order of the court and the funds placed in an account either for medical expenses to be paid out of the fund, or to the minor when the minor reaches 18.

Was it a person or a business that ran the credit report? If it was a business or the person did it through his or her employer, you might contact the Federal Trade Commission to see if there is a remedy. While the law prohibits access to your credit info, there does not appear to be a statute that provides a remedy. However, you can probably sue for invasion of privacy, particularly with respect to disclosure of you financial information. The California Constitution provides a right of privacy for your personal financial information.

You talk like you know what you are talking about as far as the practice of orthodontics is concerned. I doubt if you do. Instead of trying to second guess and blame the dentist, find you an orthodontist you can trust and pay him to review your xrays and your entire dental chart and ask him if he thinks there is malpractice. if he says yes and he is willing to go to court with you and say that you have the start of a case.it will be expensive and time consuming. So make sure you know what you are doing. no guessing