Do civil lawsuits you file come up on background checks by employers

[fstep2]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY

I'm about to file my 3rd civil lawsuit in 2 years against a service provider i've dealt with in my side business (all were for absolutely legitimate purposes and i won each one). I heard some companies screen applicants for the amount of times they sued someone or were sued. Is that true and if so would something like this show up on a background check? If they do show up for how long and how bad does it look?

These were all in small claims court and all were settled outside of court if that makes a difference.

 

[eerelations]

It really depends on the type of background check the employer does. Some employers look for this sort of thing (and find it) and some don't.

 

[Beth3]

Employers are mainly interested in criminal convictions but information on civil lawsuits are all easily available in the public domain. On the whole though, I doubt an employer is much interested in small claims court actions YOU brought against another party. If you had been sued repeatedly for bad debts (which isn't the case here) that would be of concern to an employer if you were pursuing a job in the financial field.