A class action lawsuit accuses the company that operates the Lime bike and scooter rental service of allegedly improperly hitting customers with recurring charges on their credit and debit cards without authorization.
On March 1, attorneys from the Law Offices of Todd M. Friedman, of Woodland Hills, filed suit in San Francisco federal court against Neutron Holdings, the company that operates Lime. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of named plaintiff John Murrin, of Los Angeles.
The suit alleges that Lime has been improperly charging customers recurring fees on their credit and debit cards without authorization.
The lawsuit claims that these charges violate both the Electronic Funds Transfer Act and California's Automatic Purchase Renewal Statute.
The plaintiffs are seeking to expand the action to include a class of thousands of additional Lime customers in California.
The plaintiffs are seeking damages of $1,000 per class member under the EFTA, plus unspecified actual damages and attorney fees, among other damages.
Plaintiffs are represented by attorneys Todd M. Friedman, Adrian R. Bacon and Matthew R. Snyder, of the Friedman firm.