Illinois Panel: No Basis For Emotional Distress Claim In Secret Gym Taping Case

(August 25, 2017, 2:22 PM EDT) -- OTTAWA, Ill. — An Illinois appeals panel on Aug. 23 affirmed dismissal of consolidated negligence and premises liability claims against a fitness franchisor and a Planet Fitness franchisee, agreeing with a trial judge that women who were secretly taped while undressed in gym tanning rooms had no cause of action for emotional distress damages (C.H. v. Pla-Fit Franchise, LLC, et al.; Kelly Otterness, et al. v. Pla-Fit Franchise, LLC, et al., No. 3-16-0378, Ill. App., 3rd Dist., 2017 Ill. App. LEXIS 544)....

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