Life has its disappointments. Sometimes, you think you’ve won a free car, but it turns out that you’ve won only a couple of dollars. And sometimes, you think that an appellate court will clarify a thorny issue of class-action law, but the court leaves that issue unresolved. These scenarios coalesced in a recent decision from the North Carolina Supreme Court: Surgeon v. TKO Shelby LLC.
The Surgeon case arose when hundreds of people allegedly suffered the first disappointment above. A car dealership mailed out flyers that advertised a scratch-off contest. According to the ...
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