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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Sears and Kmart
Current Parent Company: Sears
Penalty: $1,100,000
Year: 2010
Date: July 19, 2010
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart agreed to pay a total of $1.1 million in settlement of allegations by six California District Attorneys that they charged more for California Redemption Value beverage containers than allowed by law, and that Kmart charged the fee for containers it did not apply to.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Multi-Jurisdiction Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: multi-county
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Illinois
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-department stores
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