Love’s gas station class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: William Fudge filed a class action lawsuit against Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc. d/b/a Love’s.
- Why: Fudge claims consumers who purchase premium motor fuel from Love’s gas stations receive a “significant amount” of regular or mid-grade motor fuel in their first gallon pumped.
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in Tennessee federal court.
Consumers who purchase premium motor fuel from Love’s gas stations regularly receive a “significant amount” of regular or mid-grade motor fuel in their first gallon of fuel, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiff William Fudge claims Love’s fuel pumps, after being used to pump regular or mid-grade motor fuel, retain a “residual amount” of motor fuel that becomes part of the first gallon of motor fuel pumped into the next vehicle.
Fudge argues that, since around 70% of vehicles require regular motor fuel, consumers with vehicles requiring premium motor fuel “regularly paid the premium price for the first gallon of motor fuel for which they did not receive a gallon of premium motor fuel in return.”
“Premium Customers, therefore, regularly paid the premium motor fuel price for a gallon that contained a significant amount of lower-grade motor fuel,” the Love’s class action states.
Fudge wants to represent individual classes of consumers from a total of 42 states who purchased premium motor fuel from a Love’s gas station equipped with a single-nozzle fuel dispensing system after a customer who had used the same system to purchase regular or mid-grade motor fuel.
Love’s has known for years that it overcharges customers who purchase premium gas, says class action
Fudge claims Love’s has known for years that it was “retaining the benefit of selling regular or midgrade motor fuel for the price of premium motor fuel at the expense of its Premium Customers.”
Love’s also could easily return the money it allegedly overcharges consumers who purchase premium motor fuel, however, it chooses not to, the Love’s class action alleges.
“Love’s has made a business decision to retain the overcharge as a profit as opposed to refunding the same to Premium Customers,” the Love’s class action states.
Fudge claims Love’s is guilty of unjust enrichment and breach of express or implied-in-fact contract. He is demanding a jury trial and requesting declaratory and injunctive relief along with an award of restitutionary damages for himself and all class members.
In another case involving a gas station, Arco AmPm agreed to a settlement in 2014 that resolved claims the company charged for more gas than what was actually pumped at its Oregon gas stations.
Have you purchased premium motor fuel at a Love’s gas station? Let us know in the comments!
The plaintiff is represented by Gordon Ball of Gordon Ball, PLLC, Thomas Bienert, Jr. and Daniel Goldman of Bienert Katzman Littrrell Williams LLP, Times Wang of North River Law PLLC, and Bryan E. Delius of Delius & McKenzie, PLLC.
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60 thoughts onLove’s gas station class action alleges premium customers receive some regular gas
Wow we purchase a lot of premium from loves add me
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I have purchased premium gas at Loves for years. Please add me to this class action lawsuit.
I always buy regular gas at Loves. Please add me
I have been a frequent customer at loves and I suspected this. Please add me.
please add me I purchase gas at loves quite a bit
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I have purchased supposedly premium gas at Love’s gas station near the SC, GA borderline. I had to pull over about 5 miles from Love’s because inside my front hood made a pop sound. I opened the hood and found no smoke or any visible damage. I continued my journey home. Later on that week I explained it to my mechanic who assumed it might have been the gas.
I think this is so stupid, if your going to claim this you better add all gas stations not just loves. All gas stations now have single hose dispensers, to single one out is absolutely ridiculous, no one made you buy loves gas, I think the people who file stupid lawsuits like this is the main reason why this country is going broke, everyone wants something for nothing and feel everyone owes them a living.
I have gotten gas at love’s and my vehicle would not run right until I run it out some and fill it back up with a different brand
Yes, I would purchase premium at loves to put in my boat and JetSki and it ended up coming up my fuel system, which means I was not premium, and that I had ethanol in it please add me