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How a $100 bill ends up costing Target $3.1 million

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akshatp

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A federal jury has ordered Target Corp. to pay a Greer woman $3.1 million after the jury found that the company distributed information that wrongly accused her of trying to pass a counterfeit bill while shopping.

The suit alleged that a Target loss-prevention employee was responsible for an email distributed to dozens of other businesses and law enforcement agencies that warned them to be on the lookout for her after she tried to buy items from two Target stores with a legitimate $100 bill, according to a complaint filed in Greenville federal court.

In its answer to the complaint, Target denied wrongdoing and said that the email communication was "made in good faith."

The email led the U.S. Secret Service to question Cantrell while she was at work at a Belk?s department store in Greenville, where she was employed in the store?s loss-prevention department, the complaint alleged.

The employee?s email -- the contents of which included images of Cantrell shopping and allegations that she had tried to pass a counterfeit bill and had shoplifted -- was sent to 31 members of the group, according to the complaint. Members included local, state and federal law enforcement offices, malls, department stores, home-improvement stores and grocery stores, the complaint alleged
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The story says they awarded "$100,000 in actual damages and $3m in punitive damages.

What "actual damages" were caused? Why did she even try to use the same bill again at another Target? She works in loss-prevention at another dept. store, maybe she set the whole thing up??
 
I guess the lesson here is that you shouldn't make a good faith effort to help out other businesses.
 
I don't necessarily agree with the damages, but it sounds like she had a pretty solid case for defamation.
 
Originally posted by: akshatp
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Excerpt:
A federal jury has ordered Target Corp. to pay a Greer woman $3.1 million after the jury found that the company distributed information that wrongly accused her of trying to pass a counterfeit bill while shopping.

The suit alleged that a Target loss-prevention employee was responsible for an email distributed to dozens of other businesses and law enforcement agencies that warned them to be on the lookout for her after she tried to buy items from two Target stores with a legitimate $100 bill, according to a complaint filed in Greenville federal court.

In its answer to the complaint, Target denied wrongdoing and said that the email communication was "made in good faith."

The email led the U.S. Secret Service to question Cantrell while she was at work at a Belk?s department store in Greenville, where she was employed in the store?s loss-prevention department, the complaint alleged.

The employee?s email -- the contents of which included images of Cantrell shopping and allegations that she had tried to pass a counterfeit bill and had shoplifted -- was sent to 31 members of the group, according to the complaint. Members included local, state and federal law enforcement offices, malls, department stores, home-improvement stores and grocery stores, the complaint alleged
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The story says they awarded "$100,000 in actual damages and $3m in punitive damages.

What "actual damages" were caused? Why did she even try to use the same bill again at another Target? She works in loss-prevention at another dept. store, maybe she set the whole thing up??
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WTF that's where I live
 
Originally posted by: Mahaguru
Target will just do a write off.
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Jerry: So, we're going to make the post office pay for my new stereo, now?
Kramer: It's a write-off for them.
Jerry: How is it a write-off?
Kramer: They just write it off.
Jerry: Write it off what?
Kramer: Jerry all these big companies they write off everything.
Jerry: You don't even know what a write-off is.
Kramer: Do you?
Jerry: No, I don't.
Kramer: But they do - and they are the ones writing it off.
 
Originally posted by: nkgreen
Hmm, I guess the Secret Service still does counterfitting investigation.
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Considering thats one of their two main responsibilites. Yes they do.

The person that "tipped people off in good faith" didnt tip people off in good faith because the bill wasn't confirmed as counterfit.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: Mahaguru
Target will just do a write off.
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Jerry: So, we're going to make the post office pay for my new stereo, now?
Kramer: It's a write-off for them.
Jerry: How is it a write-off?
Kramer: They just write it off.
Jerry: Write it off what?
Kramer: Jerry all these big companies they write off everything.
Jerry: You don't even know what a write-off is.
Kramer: Do you?
Jerry: No, I don't.
Kramer: But they do - and they are the ones writing it off.
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Classic. :laugh:
 
They need to put a limit on punitive damages awarded to the gold digger, ummm, I meant plaintiff. This is total bullshit.
 
Originally posted by: akshatp
Link to Story

Excerpt:
A federal jury has ordered Target Corp. to pay a Greer woman $3.1 million after the jury found that the company distributed information that wrongly accused her of trying to pass a counterfeit bill while shopping.

The suit alleged that a Target loss-prevention employee was responsible for an email distributed to dozens of other businesses and law enforcement agencies that warned them to be on the lookout for her after she tried to buy items from two Target stores with a legitimate $100 bill, according to a complaint filed in Greenville federal court.

In its answer to the complaint, Target denied wrongdoing and said that the email communication was "made in good faith."

The email led the U.S. Secret Service to question Cantrell while she was at work at a Belk?s department store in Greenville, where she was employed in the store?s loss-prevention department, the complaint alleged.

The employee?s email -- the contents of which included images of Cantrell shopping and allegations that she had tried to pass a counterfeit bill and had shoplifted -- was sent to 31 members of the group, according to the complaint. Members included local, state and federal law enforcement offices, malls, department stores, home-improvement stores and grocery stores, the complaint alleged
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The story says they awarded "$100,000 in actual damages and $3m in punitive damages.

What "actual damages" were caused? Why did she even try to use the same bill again at another Target? She works in loss-prevention at another dept. store, maybe she set the whole thing up??
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How did she set the whole thing up?

the damages she suffered was being labeled a counterfeiter and shop lifter. Do you like to be accused of either of those things if its not true. Did they even bother using the pen to see if its fake? It won't stop the people who are hell bent on producing fake bills. But it'll stop most. Target of course will appeal the verdict.

This has happened in the past with 2 dollar bills. Many people still think its fake. Not a lawsuit but employees calling cops accusing patrons of trying to pass off fake money.
 
Originally posted by: Baked
They need to put a limit on punitive damages awarded to the gold digger, ummm, I meant plaintiff. This is total bullshit.
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If the lady was a person who had lost a leg in surgery where she went in for operation on a toe, would you be against 3 million in damages?

Who gets to decide what is worth punitive and is not? 12 random people, thats who and it should stay that way.
 
Originally posted by: akshatp
Link to Story

Excerpt:
A federal jury has ordered Target Corp. to pay a Greer woman $3.1 million after the jury found that the company distributed information that wrongly accused her of trying to pass a counterfeit bill while shopping.

The suit alleged that a Target loss-prevention employee was responsible for an email distributed to dozens of other businesses and law enforcement agencies that warned them to be on the lookout for her after she tried to buy items from two Target stores with a legitimate $100 bill, according to a complaint filed in Greenville federal court.

In its answer to the complaint, Target denied wrongdoing and said that the email communication was "made in good faith."

The email led the U.S. Secret Service to question Cantrell while she was at work at a Belk?s department store in Greenville, where she was employed in the store?s loss-prevention department, the complaint alleged.

The employee?s email -- the contents of which included images of Cantrell shopping and allegations that she had tried to pass a counterfeit bill and had shoplifted -- was sent to 31 members of the group, according to the complaint. Members included local, state and federal law enforcement offices, malls, department stores, home-improvement stores and grocery stores, the complaint alleged
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The story says they awarded "$100,000 in actual damages and $3m in punitive damages.

What "actual damages" were caused? Why did she even try to use the same bill again at another Target? She works in loss-prevention at another dept. store, maybe she set the whole thing up??
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Her very livelihood in the security field depends on her being perceived as reliable and beyond suspicion. Now that Target has ruined her credibility, whenever she goes into court to testify against a shoplifter every defense attorney will just bring up the Target incident and discredit her testimony, causing the case to be dismissed. Her career in Theft Prevention was over the minute the Feds walked into her store.
It's likely that this incident cost her a couple years' salary and probably forced her to seek out a new career completely. That'd be worth $100,000.

 
Originally posted by: herkulease

How did she set the whole thing up?

the damages she suffered was being labeled a counterfeiter and shop lifter. Do you like to be accused of either of those things if its not true. Did they even bother using the pen to see if its fake? It won't stop the people who are hell bent on producing fake bills. But it'll stop most. Target of course will appeal the verdict.

This has happened in the past with 2 dollar bills. Many people still think its fake. Not a lawsuit but employees calling cops accusing patrons of trying to pass off fake money.
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Learn how to edit quotes.
 
I hope the bitch gets run over by a bus. Maybe her fucking scum lawyer will be with her too.
 
Originally posted by: herkulease
Originally posted by: akshatp
Link to Story

Excerpt:
A federal jury has ordered Target Corp. to pay a Greer woman $3.1 million after the jury found that the company distributed information that wrongly accused her of trying to pass a counterfeit bill while shopping.

The suit alleged that a Target loss-prevention employee was responsible for an email distributed to dozens of other businesses and law enforcement agencies that warned them to be on the lookout for her after she tried to buy items from two Target stores with a legitimate $100 bill, according to a complaint filed in Greenville federal court.

In its answer to the complaint, Target denied wrongdoing and said that the email communication was "made in good faith."

The email led the U.S. Secret Service to question Cantrell while she was at work at a Belk?s department store in Greenville, where she was employed in the store?s loss-prevention department, the complaint alleged.

The employee?s email -- the contents of which included images of Cantrell shopping and allegations that she had tried to pass a counterfeit bill and had shoplifted -- was sent to 31 members of the group, according to the complaint. Members included local, state and federal law enforcement offices, malls, department stores, home-improvement stores and grocery stores, the complaint alleged
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The story says they awarded "$100,000 in actual damages and $3m in punitive damages.

What "actual damages" were caused? Why did she even try to use the same bill again at another Target? She works in loss-prevention at another dept. store, maybe she set the whole thing up??
Click to expand...

How did she set the whole thing up?

the damages she suffered was being labeled a counterfeiter and shop lifter. Do you like to be accused of either of those things if its not true. Did they even bother using the pen to see if its fake? It won't stop the people who are hell bent on producing fake bills. But it'll stop most. Target of course will appeal the verdict.

This has happened in the past with 2 dollar bills. Many people still think its fake. Not a lawsuit but employees calling cops accusing patrons of trying to pass off fake money.
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A counterfeit detection pen would have been useless. The reason a 1974 bill is suspicious is because:
1. It shouldn't be in circulation anymore
2. It's easiest to make a counterfeit of an older series bill. A 1974 bill wouldn't have a security strip or any of the modern security features in bills. Counterfeiters take $1 bills, bleach them, and make counterfeits of older series bills. Counterfeit pens can't detect them, and store cashiers can't tell that they're fake.

Issues people have had with $2 bills are an entirely different issue. That's just stupid cashiers who don't know $2 bills exist.
 
Originally posted by: 1sikbITCH
Originally posted by: akshatp
What "actual damages" were caused? Why did she even try to use the same bill again at another Target? She works in loss-prevention at another dept. store, maybe she set the whole thing up??
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Her very livelihood in the security field depends on her being perceived as reliable and beyond suspicion. Now that Target has ruined her credibility, whenever she goes into court to testify against a shoplifter every defense attorney will just bring up the Target incident and discredit her testimony, causing the case to be dismissed. Her career in Theft Prevention was over the minute the Feds walked into her store.
It's likely that this incident cost her a couple years' salary and probably forced her to seek out a new career completely. That'd be worth $100,000.
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Very well explained. I didn't think of it that way. I guess in that case, the actual damages should have been higher, but i still think the punitive award of $3m is crazy.
 
Originally posted by: KK
I hope the bitch gets run over by a bus. Maybe her fucking scum lawyer will be with her too.
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Yea how dare she try and protect her good name and image. Who cares it may have cost her a job and maybe future work. Target and any business should be able to ruin you anytime they feel like it. :roll:



 
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