If you are a consumer in the United States who, at any time from December 4, 2006 through June 7, 2007, made a purchase at a Weis Markets, Mr. Z’s Supermarket, King’s Supermarket, Scot’s Lo Cost, or SuperPetz pet store using a credit or debit card and received a paper receipt, your rights may be affected by a class action lawsuit settlement.
A class action settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Weis Markets, Inc. (“Weis Markets” or “Weis” or “Defendant”) in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (styled Patrick and Jeanne Stillmock, Jenny Barnstein and Leondid Opacic v. Weis Markets, Inc., Class Action Case No. 1:07-cv-01342-MJG) alleging, among other things, that from December 4, 2006 through and including June 7, 2007 (the “Class Period”), Weis Markets printed point of sale receipts to certain customers of Weis Markets, Mr. Z’s Supermarket, King’s Supermarket, Scot’s Lo Cost, and SuperPetz pet stores that contained the first six and last four digits of the Class Members’ credit and/or debit card numbers, purportedly in violation of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (“FACTA”), a federal law, according to the Weis Markets FACTA class action lawsuit settlement website and settlement notice.
Weis Markets, Mr. Z’s Supermarket, King’s Supermarket, Scot’s Lo Cost, and SuperPetz pet stores lawsuit settlement class members reportedly include the following persons, unless otherwise excluded:
All persons in the United States who, at any time during the Class Period, received from Defendant at any of its retail locations, an electronically printed receipt at the point of sale or transaction which contained more than the five last digits of the person’s credit or debit card number. Excluded from the Settlement Class are all consumers who believe they have actual damages caused by the alleged FACTA violations and who do not waive such damages by submitting a Claim Form, and all individuals who are now or have ever been executives of Defendant.
If the Weis Markets class action settlement is approved by the Court, Class Members who file valid claims will reportedly receive a Voucher to be used at any Weis Markets retail location in an amount up to $7.50. Vouchers will be freely transferrable and may be used to purchase any item(s) at any Weis Markets retail location, except as prohibited by law. Prohibited items include: postage stamps, money orders, milk, cream, lottery tickets, cigarettes, tobacco products, gift cards, alcoholic beverages, gasoline purchases, prescriptions, phone and utility payments, taxes and Western Union. The Vouchers will not be redeemable for cash. Vouchers will be distributed within thirty (30) days after the Claim Deadline and reportedly must be redeemed within one hundred eighty (180) days of the date on which they are first made available.
A Fairness Hearing on the the Weis Markets, Mr. Z’s Supermarket, King’s Supermarket, Scot’s Lo Cost, and SuperPetz class action lawsuit settlement is reportedly scheduled for July 25, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. before Judge Marvin J. Garbis, United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Northern Division), 101 W. Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, Courtroom 5C to determine whether the Settlement Agreement is fair, reasonable, and adequate and whether the Settlement should be approved.
For more information on the Weis Markets, Mr. Z’s Supermarket, King’s Supermarket, Scot’s Lo Cost, and SuperPetz class action lawsuit settlement, including information on how to participate in, object to or opt out of the settlement and the deadlines by which to do so, visit the Weis Markets FACTA class action lawsuit settlement website:
www.weismarketssettlement.com
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