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Michelle Norris who is represented by a firm in Montgomery. They declined comment on the case, as did Target.
The terms of the settlement included no disclosure of how or if Norris benefited from the suit.
Target has addressed the issue in all of their stores. According to a separate statement released from them months ago about the issue.
Norris filed a federal lawsuit against Target Corporation, claiming two area stores did not give her full credit for manfacturers' coupons she presented for purchases of baby wipes, frozen meals and baby food in September 2010.Target often blames glitches in its computer system to account for the company-wide behavior "but they never correct these glitches," according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit was seeking class action status in order to represent others nationwide who presented a valid manufacturer's coupon for merchandise since Nov. 1, 2004.
HERE'S THE INCIDENT THAT SPARKED THE SUIT:
According to the lawsuit, Norris was shopping Sept. 8 at the Target on U.S. 280 when she presented a manufacturer's coupon she had gotten online for Huggies brand baby wipes. The coupon stated she could buy three packages of the wipes and get $2.50 off the purchase price.
The lawsuit claims Norris instead received a credit of $2.39 for the coupon.
Later that same day, Norris went to the Target store in Hoover and bought three other packages of the same baby wipes with an identical coupon and again received a $2.39 credit, according to the lawsuit.
On Sept. 21, Norris presented at a Target store a Heinz North America coupon to save $4 off any 10 Weight Watchers products, the lawsuit claims. The store deducted $1.80 for the coupon. On that same visit, a $1 coupon Norris presented for buying seven Earth's Best Baby Food Jars was credited with 57 cents, according to the lawsuit.
All the coupons reimburse the stores the face value of the coupon, plus 8 cents for handling the redemption, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit claims that Target receives a "monetary windfall" from its coupon policy and discourages the use of coupons.
TARGET'S OFFICIAL COUPON POLICY.