Law360, New York (June 02, 2008, 12:00 AM ET) -- A customer of Sharper Image Corp. is seeking to lift the automatic stay on litigation against the beleaguered home gadgetry store in order to bring a class action challenging the company's revised policy on redemption of its gift cards.
The motion, filed Friday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware by a lawyer for customer Frederick Prohov, proposes a putative class of “tens of thousands” of shoppers who purchased Sharper Image gift cards or certificates before the retail chain filed for bankruptcy in...