Planet Fitness Can’t Keep Robotext Suit Out of Court

Planet Fitness can’t move a class action over robotexts sent after members ended their gym memberships to arbitration, a federal court said Jan. 25.

A text consent provision of the gym’s membership agreement doesn’t provide a basis for compelling arbitration for a text sent after the contract ended, Judge Alicia M. Otazo-Reyes wrote for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

The proposed class action will proceed in court on behalf of the thousands of customers who are potentially eligible to be members of the class.

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