Aéropostale False Discount Claim Rejected By Washington Justices

A Washington consumer failed to show she suffered an economic injury when she bought Aéropostale’s leggings that were falsely discounted, the majority of the state’s supreme court said Thursday in answering a certified question from the Ninth Circuit.

The leggings Shawnna Montes bought weren’t objectively different from or less valuable than what was advertised, dooming her claim against SPARC Group LLC, which is the parent company of Aéropostale, under the Washington Consumer Protection Act, Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud said in a majority en banc opinion. The Washington Supreme Court answered “no” to the US Court of Appeals for ...