New Jersey Appellate Panel Vacates, Remands Portion Of Class Certification Order

(May 23, 2019, 12:40 PM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — The Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court on May 21 partially vacated and remanded a trial court’s ruling on class certification in a suit alleging that franchisees’ gym membership agreements violated a number of New Jersey laws because based on a recent decision, New Jersey’s Retail Installment Sales Act does not apply to health club membership agreements (Joseph Ardino, et al. v. Retrofitness LLC, et al., No. A-2836-16T1, N.J. Super., 2019 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1169)....