Those who are wondering why WM will not stock certain books in its stores might be interested in this new lawsuit:
WASHINGTON COUNTY - A southern Washington County couple who bought an Evanescence compact disc and DVD at a Frederick, Md., Wal-Mart filed a class action suit in Maryland on Thursday because the CD did not have a parental advisory label about explicit language, according to Washington County Circuit Court records.Melanie and Trevin Skeens, of Kaetzel Road, are asking for either the CD to be removed from shelves or a warning label put on it, said Jon D. Pels, their Bethesda, Md., attorney. Pels is a partner with Pels, Anderson & Lee LLC.
They also are asking for up to $74,500 for each class member, people who bought the CD in Maryland, according to the lawsuit and Pels...
Wal-Mart officials had no immediate plans to pull the CDs from the stores' shelves, Whitcomb said.
The lawsuit states Wal-Mart "holds itself out as stocking music that does not contain explicit language" and alleges the discount chain knew about the song's explicit lyrics because they were dubbed out of a free sample on Wal-Mart's Web site.
Posted by Kevin on December, 10 2004 at 09:37 AM
