Florida Class Action Certified Against Hess Corporation
admin | May 14, 2009
Cameron D. Moyer, Esq. and James Staack, Esq. announce that on February 19, 2009, the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court in and for Pinellas County, Florida, certified a class action against Hess Corporation in the case entitled Grillasca and Mayzik v. Hess Corp. Case number: 07-11610-CI-21.
Hess owns more than 200 gas stations in the state of Florida and it is alleged that Hess seeks up to a $100.00 pre-authorization when customers use a checkcard/debitcard to purchase self service gas at the pump. Plaintiffs’ further allege that Hess fails to inform customers of the pre-authorizations which usually result in a “hold” in the same amount being enacted on the customer’s bank account. The “hold” may last for several days after the fuel purchase.
The Circuit Court has mandated that the class consists of “All persons who purchased self service fuel at the pump in the State of Florida at a Hess owned or franchised fuel station after 11/08/2003 and which persons used a Checkcard/debit card and who were subjected to a $75.00 or $50.00 pre-authorization without warning or notification by Hess that Hess requested pre-authorization from the Checkcard/debitcard issuer for a $75.00 ($50.00 prior to 9/01/2005)purchase and which persons had a “hold” in the same amount of the pre-authorization placed on their personal financial accounts which was in excess of the actual purchase price.
Hess is currently apealling the certification of the above class.
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