SACRAMENTO – A subscriber has filed a class-action suit against an Atlanta business alleging it did not tell consumers that services were automatically renewed or how to cancel it.
Jarrod Secola filed a complaint on behalf of all others similarly situated on May 27 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California against Appgrinders LLC and Does 1-10 citing violation of the state's California Automatic Renewal Law and Unfair Competition Law.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that Appgrinders LLC and Does 1-10 allegedly failed to disclose to their subscribers that they need to unsubscribe from the service upon the expiration of the free trial.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks all damages, restitution, all legal fees and any other relief as this court deems just. He is represented by Scott J. Ferrell, Richard H. Hikida, David W. Reid and Victoria C. Knowles of Newport Trial Group in Newport Beach.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California Case number 2:16-cv-01150-JAM-KJN