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SOLE Fitness Treadmills
Case Name (Date)
Bechtel et al. v. Fitness Equipment Services, LLC d/b/a SOLE Fitness
19-cv-726, S.D. Ohio
(Aug. 2019)
Product/Service
SOLE Fitness Treadmills
Allegations
Misleadingly representing the horsepower that treadmills can generate and maintain when the treadmills cannot reach the represented horsepower during actual household use
Status
Settled
(Preliminarily approved)
https://soletreadmillsettlement.com/
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