Putative Class Stalls in Consumer Suit Alleging Prices Missing in Restaurant Menus

A proposed class suit challenging the absence of beverage prices on restaurant menus at Applebee’s and International House of Pancakes fizzled out, as a federal trial court in New Jersey Jan. 31 rejected a customer’s attempt to invoke New Jersey’s Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty, and Notice Act (Watkins v. DineEquity Inc., D.N.J., No. 11-7182 (JBS/AMD)).

The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey stood by its earlier order dismissing plaintiff Candice Watkins’s first amended complaint. The court found no error in its previous opinion, which held that the alleged omission of prices did not trigger the TCCWNA. ...