A consumer who never read jcrew.com’s terms of use can’t bring a class action alleging the language violates New Jersey law, a federal court held March 29 in an unpublished opinion (Rubin v. J. Crew Grp., 2017 BL 101186, D.N.J., 16-2167, unpublished 3/29/17).
Fruma Rubin argued J. Crew Group included language on its website that limits its liabilities in violation of New Jersey’s Truth in Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act. But Rubin didn’t allege the language caused her any injury or that she had even read it.
The mere presence of language that violates a statute isn’t ...
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