Walgreens Wins Bid to Throw Out Illinois Reload-Receipt Case

A woman who sued Walgreen Co. needed to claim she was concretely harmed—not just allege a violation of statutory rights—to have standing, the Illinois Supreme Court found Thursday, siding with the drugstore giant’s arguments that she needed to show a more specific injury.

The justices not only agreed with Walgreens that class certification was inappropriate, but remanded the case to county court with orders to dismiss the suit altogether.

The plaintiff, who alleged Walgreens exposed her to possible identity theft by printing too many digits on her receipts, could “at best” show only an increased risk of harm, the ...