May 28, 2004 12:18 PM

Herman fought the law, and the law won
Posted by at 12:18 PM

The Globe's Steve Bailey writes an update to the Coleman Herman story and his crusade to force retailers like Home Depot and Walmart, to comply with a Massachusetts law requiring most items to have a price on them.

His efforts have had a perverse result. The law he sued to have enforced has been gutted because of his success. Money he helped win went to the attorney general's office, which had refused to enforce the item-pricing law. But if he lost the war, he is not defeated: He recently was back where he started, in small-claims session, bringing an item-pricing case on his own against OfficeMax.

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