Litigation
Sep. 13, 2013
Lawsuit accuses Home Depot of violating state law in pursuit of alleged shoplifters
In a proposed class action in Alameda County Superior Court, a man claims the home improvement retailer is using demand letters unlawfully to create a new source of revenue.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Retail chains have discovered a new source of revenue: shoplifters.
That's at least what Castro Valley resident Jimin Chen claims in his proposed class action filed against Home Depot Inc. last week in Alameda County Superior Court. Chen accuses the retailer of using a collections law firm in Florida to shake down shoplifters en masse, threatening them to pay up or face a judge.
And wh...
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