Facts

Albert Viesse was shopping at a store owned by Tacoma Screw Products Inc. After Viesse completed a purchase, a receipt showed his credit card information including brand, the last 4 digits of the card number, and expiration date. Each of Tacoma's stores uniformly printed this information on walk-in customer receipts, during the course of two years totaling about 217,000 receipts.

PLAINTIFFS' CONTENTIONS: Viesse alleged on behalf of the class that Tacoma violated a subset of the Fair Credit Reporting Act by displaying the credit/debit card information on receipts.

DEFENDANT'S CONTENTIONS: Tacoma denied any wrongdoing or violations of the Act.

Settlement Discussions

The parties participated in a mediation after Viesse moved to certify the class.

Result

A proposed class-wide settlement was preliminarily approved by the court. As part of the settlement, each class member consumer was entitled to compensation of a $100 gift card from Tacoma. Attorney fees of up to $150,000 were included as part of the proposed settlement, as well as an incentive award to Viesse of up to $5,000 for his services as class representative.