Legal Opinion
In Re Hannaford Bros. Co. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation
District Court, D. Maine
Decided May 12, 2009No. MDL Docket 2:08-MD-1954PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT HANNAFORD BROS. CO.’S MOTION TO DISMISS
D. BROCK HORNBY, District Judge.
A customer uses a credit card or debit card to buy groceries. A third party steals the electronic payment data from the grocer. Can the customer then recover from the grocer any loss resulting from the third-party data theft? That is the question this case poses.
The consumer plaintiffs see electronic payment systems as a technological development that, in addition to convenience, has created great risk of fraud to consumers, “increas[ing] exponentially the risk that consumers will be…
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