Burlington Coat Factory Class Action Settlement

Burlington Coat Factory has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it violated the law by requesting and recording telephone numbers from customers when they paid with a credit card at a retail store located in California.

If you used a credit card to pay for merchandise at a Burlington Coat Factory store in California and were asked to provide your telephone number at the time of purchase, you may be eligible for benefits from the class action settlement.

The Burlington settlement will resolve a class action lawsuit that accused Burlington of violating California’s Song-Beverly Act by requesting and recording telephone numbers who paid for merchandise with a credit card.

The Burlington class action lawsuit went to trial, and Burlington was found liable for the Song-Beverly Act violations. Burlington denies that it violated the law, but agreed to pay more than $29 million to settle the litigation. The class action settlement was preliminarily approved on Nov. 6, 2015.

Who’s Eligible

Class Members of the Burlington settlement include all individuals from whom Burlington requested and recorded telephone numbers in conjunction with a credit card purchase transaction in its California retail stores between Feb. 14, 2010 and Jan. 28, 2015.

NOTE: If a Burlington employee requested and recorded your telephone number in one of the following situations, you are not entitled to benefits from this class action settlement:

• You used a credit card issued to a business;
• Your information was requested in connection with a special order, delivery, cash advance or layaway, tailoring or alterations, installation, tax exempt transactions or gift registry; or
• The transaction was a return or exchange of purchased merchandise.

Potential Award

$10 cash or a $25 voucher.

Class Members are entitled to receive one of two awards:

1. A Cash Award, which is a voucher redeemable for $10 cash at any Burlington Coat Factory store; or

2. A $25 Merchandise Voucher redeemable for use during any purchase at any Burlington Coat Factory store located in the United States.

Proof of Purchase

Class Members must provide the transaction date and telephone number that was requested and recorded when they made a purchase with their credit card at Burlington between Feb. 14, 2010 and Jan. 28, 2015.

Claim Form

CLICK HERE TO FILE A CLAIM »

Claim Form Deadline

1/20/2016

Case Name

Burlington Coat Factory Song-Beverly Cases, Case No. JCCP 4681, in the Superior Court for the State of California, County of Orange

Final Hearing

2/26/2016

Settlement Website

http://www.BCFSongBeverlySettlement.com

Claims Administrator

Burlington Class Action Settlement Claims Administrator
P.O. Box 43391
Providence, RI 02940-3391
1-888-820-1129

Class Counsel

STONEBARGER LAW APC
PATTERSON LAW GROUP APC

Defense Counsel

MUNGER TOLLES & OLSON LLP