How Many Purses Can You Buy For $125,000?
February 6, 2009
What do you call $125,000 in gift cards to a women’s clothing store? An attorneys’ fee!
It seems the clerks at Windsor Fashion in California were requesting email addresses and telephone numbers for customers paying by credit card. A minor inconvenience or a modest intrusion – but also a violation of Civil Code § 1747.08 (a) (2). (Metropolitan News-Enterprise through Walter Olson)
Attorney Neil Fineman rushed forward to reverse this travesty of justice, slapping Windsor Fashion with a class action lawsuit. As part of a settlement OK’d last month by a California judge, each class member who can be found will receive a $10 gift card to Windsor.
Rather than walking away with a fat check for his legal services, Fineman himself will soon become a regular at the store as he tries to work off the 12,500 $10 gift cards he received as compensation for filing the action.