Health Club Lawsuits: Not Just for Breakfast Anymore

Richard Katz, a New York attorney, has had his lawsuit against The Setai Wall Street Club and Spa dismissed without comment by a Manhattan Supreme Court Justice who, according to one of the club's lawyers, berated him from the bench during a hearing that "he should be ashamed of himself" for filing suit.

According to The New York Daily News, the trouble began in August 2011, when the club stopped offering free yogurt, cereal and juice alongside coffee to morning exercisers. Katz, who paid $5,000 annually in membership dues over nearly two years ending in October 2011, complained vociferously in person and by e-mail to spa manager Amanda Wells, eventually spurring the club to cancel his membership. The cancellation came on the heels of an e-mail from Katz to Wells that read in part: "WHAT THE F--- IS GOING ON? … How would you like to explain there has been no yogurt for two (2) weeks and now no cereal. When does the coffee run out?"

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