Mulligan v. QVC, Inc.

Plaintiff Rosemary Mulligan brought this putative consumer class action lawsuit against defendant QVC, Inc., for violations of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (the Consumer Fraud Act) (815 ILCS 505/1 et seq. (West 2004)) and unjust enrichment. Mulligan alleged that QVC’s listed “retail value” overstated the prevailing market price for certain products it sold and falsely created the impression that consumers were receiving a bargain by purchasing at lower QVC prices. The circuit court denied Mulligan’s motions for class certification, finding that individual…