Horizon Fitness treadmill maker Johnson Health Tech Trading Inc. and related companies can’t run away from a proposed class suit alleging they deceive consumers about the machines’ horsepower.
Wendy Prince says Horizon treadmills can’t reach and maintain their advertised continuous horsepower during in-home exercise because of household electrical limits and the treadmills’ onboard electrical circuit breaker.
Prince, who paid nearly $2,000 for her Horizon 7.8 AT Treadmill, sued in the US District Court for the Western District of Virginia on behalf of a nationwide class and a Virginia subclass.
She has standing to assert claims concerning other treadmill models because ...
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