BowFlex Bankruptcy Judge Blocks Proposed Dumbbell Class Action

A judge shut down would-be class claims alleging BowFlex Inc. sold defective dumbbells, saying a court-approved bankruptcy plan and sale bars such litigation against the home fitness company and the buyer of its business.

BowFlex’s plan confirmation and sale to Johnson Health Tech Trading Inc. in 2024 released the companies from liability and precludes the claims at issue, Judge Andrew B. Altenburg Jr. of US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey said in an decision Monday.

The judge directed the plaintiffs to dismiss within seven days the claims against Johnson, which bought the business for $37.5 million, and ...