Overview of the Walmart class action lawsuit:
- WHO: Plaintiff Quina Myers has filed a class action lawsuit against Walmart Stores Inc.
- Why: Myers claims that Walmart charges customers more than the prices shown on rollback stickers, price stickers and yellow stickers, causing them to overpay for items.
- Where: The class action lawsuit against Walmart was filed in federal court in Arkansas.
A new class action lawsuit against Walmart accuses the retail giant of overcharging consumers for groceries, baby items, appliances and other products.
Plaintiff Quina Myers alleges that Walmart charged incorrect prices for items marked in the aisles between February 1 and July 29, 2024.
Myers says she shopped for groceries and baby products at Walmart during that time period. When she checked her receipts, she noticed that the price she paid did not match the price listed on the product.
She says she selected the items expecting to pay her the amount indicated on the price tag. However, when she went to checkout, Walmart’s checkout system “misleadingly, programmatically and artificially inflated the prices of the products,” Walmart’s class action lawsuit states.
The class action lawsuit against Walmart points out that the retail giant was responsible for more than a quarter of all grocery sales in the United States, generating sales of $648 billion in 2024.
Myers claims that Walmart gained its market power by ousting smaller grocery stores and other retailers with its low prices and consistent shopping experience.
Walmart class action lawsuit: Consumers must pay prices that do not correspond to the list price
The rollback stickers, price stickers and yellow stickers printed on the items are important to consumers’ purchasing decisions and entice them to buy the products at the stated price, Walmart’s class action lawsuit says.
Consumers reasonably expect to be charged the amount shown on the rollback stickers, price stickers and yellow stickers, Myers alleges. She claims consumers were charged amounts above the lowest prices shown on the price stickers, causing them to actually suffer harm by overpaying for the products.
Myers filed the class action lawsuit against Walmart on behalf of herself and on behalf of a proposed nationwide class of consumers who purchased Roll Back or Price Sticker products at any Walmart store in the United States during the Class Period. She also seeks to represent a Pennsylvania subclass.
The class action lawsuit against Walmart asserts claims for violations of Pennsylvania’s unfair competition and consumer protection laws, declaratory relief, and unjust enrichment.
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Myers is represented by Jacob Dylan White and Russell Winburn of Taylor King Law and Seth Little of Poulin Willey Anastopoulo LLC.
The Class action lawsuit against Walmart Is Quina Myers v. Walmart Inc.., Case No. 5:24-cv-05182-TLB, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
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