Monthly annual pass lawsuit

[rangebob]

A person has filed a lawsuit against SeaWorld because he didn't read the paperwork when he was signing it. I know that I've had an annual pass 3 times with SeaWorld and I know that it is verbally and written in the contract that you agree to. I just don't see how he came up with 5 million to sue for other than for him being stupid.

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/SeaWorld-Sued-Over-Renewal-of-Annual-Passes--285261771.html

 

[johde]

I just don't see how he came up with 5 million to sue for other than for him being stupid.

Two words "Class-Action", so basically the lawyer is trying to get rich. The original plaintiff bringing the suit if successful will get a small piece of the based on how many other people feel they've been wronged.

Just like the Red Bull lawsuit. The lawyers get a bunch of money the plaintiffs get $10 cash or $15 in coupons each. Although in the Red Bull case anyone who claims to have ever drank a Red Bull is a potential plaintiff.

 

[RabFlmom]

From the get go SW tells you that easy pay automatically renews so there really is no case. It is obvious that the man suing did not ever look at his bank or credit card statement for 7 months. If you really thought it would not renew wouldn't you make sure the automatic withdrawal from your account ended? Not SW fault that he did not call and cancel. Not refunding the 7 months charges because he could have used them is the only answer a business could give. We go 7 months without using our passes almost every year. Then we start using it. We rarely go between April and October. We generally are there a lot in December and for the concerts at BB&brew.

 

[doconeill]

In this article, it says he was charged for 19 months before calling and asking for a refund...it seems to imply that would be beyond the first 12. That's a hell of a long time to not notice the charge.

And part of his excuse is that he "paid it off" in 11 months...because the 12th monthly payment occurred 11 months after the first payment (as it would in any monthly installment plan.) Yeah, that's not going to fly.

The $5 million is for a "class action pool". That gets paid out in the following order:

Lawyers
Lawyers
Lawyers

and anything left over is divided up by the members of the class. Usually cents on the dollar level.

Perhaps that SeaWorld can avoid this by calling it an auto-renewing monthly pass? There really isn't anything "annual" about it if it renews on a monthly basis and you can cancel at any time.