Judge Finds Carwash Charges Were Deceptive, Refuses To Dismiss UCL Class Claims

Mealey's (February 22, 2018, 12:51 PM EST) -- SANTA ANA, Calif. — A California federal judge on Feb. 20 refused to dismiss a carwash customer’s class action claims for violations of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other California laws, finding that a carwash owner’s failure to disclose that its customers who declined to be signed up for a monthly service would automatically be signed up anyway was misleading and deceptive (Dan DeForest, et al. v. Pepper Tree Inc., et al., No. 17-02092, C.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26937)....