Mealey's (January 31, 2019, 11:51 AM EST) -- MIAMI — A customer accusing a Florida hotel of violating Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act (FUDTPA) by adding automatic gratuity to restaurant diners’ checks without prior notice failed to show that his claims met the Class Action Fairness Act’s (CAFA) $5 million threshold, a Florida federal judge ruled Jan. 22, dismissing the class complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction (Michael Fox, et al. v. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC, No. 17-24284, S.D. Fla., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10915)....