Judge Refuses To Certify Franchisees’ Proposed Classes Over 2013, 2015 Faxes

(April 12, 2018, 12:42 PM EDT) -- ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on April 5 denied a motion to certify two classes for franchisees of the Wyndham Hotel Group over faxes they received in 2013 and 2015 from a safe company accused of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA), finding that the issue of whether the hotels consented to receive the faxes predominated over classwide issues (Gorss Motels Inc., et al. v. Safemark Systems LP, No. 16-cv-01638-Orl-31DCI, M.D. Fla., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58111)....