Facts

Alex Escobar brought a putative class action against Major League Baseball and Los Angeles Dodgers, LLC. The class members included all persons who, during the relevant period, engaged in one or more transactions using a personal debit card or credit card at one or more of the ticket-selling locations at Dodger Stadium, and was provided an electronically printed receipt displaying more than the last five digits of the card number or the expiration date. Approximately 56,000 transactions were electronically printed at ticket-selling locations at Dodger Stadium within the two years prior to the filing of the complaint.

PLAINTIFF'S CONTENTIONS: Plaintiff contended that defendants willfully issued in point-of-sale credit and debit card transactions that disclosed the expiration date of credit and debit cards in violation of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA). Plaintiff further alleged that this disclosure harmed him by, among other things, violating his statutory rights under FACTA, invading his privacy rights, subjecting him to an increased risk of identity theft, and imposing upon him the burden of safeguarding or destroying receipts to prevent further disclosure.

DEFENDANTS' CONTENTIONS: Defendants denied all contentions and denied any wrongdoing whatsoever.

Settlement Discussions

The parties attended an in-person mediation conference conducted by the Honorable Jay C. Gandhi (Ret.) and engaged in substantial arms-length negotiations to resolve the litigation.

Result

The case settled for $850,000.