Dollar Tree class action claims retailer printed too many credit card digits on receipts

Dollar Tree class action overview:

• Who: Plaintiff Marilena Murphy filed a class action lawsuit against Dollar Tree Inc.
• Why: Murphy alleges Dollar Tree violated the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) by printing too many credit card digits on receipts.
• Where: The Dollar Tree class action was filed in a North Carolina state court.

A new class action lawsuit accuses Dollar Tree of violating federal law by printing too many credit card digits on receipts.

The case was originally filed in North Carolina state court, but Dollar Tree moved it to federal court where a judge ruled the court did not have jurisdiction over the case because the plaintiff did not show a concrete injury required for federal standing. The case was then remanded to North Carolina state court.

In the lawsuit, plaintiff Marilena Murphy claims Dollar Tree violated the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) amendment to the Fair Credit Reporting Act by printing more than the last five digits of its customers’ credit and debit card numbers on transaction receipts.

Murphy argues that as a result of Dollar Tree’s alleged unlawful conduct, she experienced injury, including, but not limited to, invasion of privacy, lost opportunity costs, loss related to the benefit of the bargain, loss of time addressing the retailer’s acts or omissions in relation to her personal financial information and exposure to an elevated risk of identity theft.

Dollar Tree repeatedly ignored FACTA requirements, class action alleges

The Dollar Tree class action alleges the company continually disregarded requirements of FACTA despite having years to comply with its requirements.

Murphy wants to represent a class of individuals who, within the relevant time frame, engaged in one or more transactions using a credit or debit card at a Dollar Tree store at a time when the point-of-sale system was programmed to print more than the last five digits of the credit or debit card number used in the transaction on the customer’s receipt.

Murphy claims Dollar Tree is guilty of willfully violating FACTA and is demanding a jury trial and requesting declaratory and injunctive relief and an award of statutory and punitive damages for herself and all class members.

Over the years, various companies have agreed to settlements over similar FACTA violations including Microsoft, UCLA, Subway, The Body Shop and Victoria’s Secret among others.

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The plaintiff is represented by W. Stacy Miller II and Mary Anne M. Hamilton of Miller Law Group PLLC.

The Dollar Tree FACTA class action lawsuit is Murphy v. Dollar Tree Inc., Case No. 25CV006137, in the Superior Court of Buncombe County, North Carolina.

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