Indiana Federal Judge Stands By Denial Of Class Certification

Mealey's (November 18, 2019, 1:58 PM EST) -- FORT WAYNE, Ind. — An effort by a former franchisee and recipient of an unsolicited junk fax to certify a nationwide class was again unsuccessful on Nov. 4, when a federal judge in Indiana denied reconsideration of her May finding that “questions of prior express invitation or permission” to receive the fax in question “are individual inquires that predominate over common issues” (Gorss Motels Inc. v. Brigadoon Fitness Inc., et al., No. 16-cv-330-HAB, N.D. Ind., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 190548)....