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Simington v. Lease Finance Group, LLC, 2012 WL 651130 (U.S.Dist.Ct. S.D.N.Y. Feb. 28, 2012)
A pair of small businesses brought a class action suit ' against a group of defendants in the business of processing electronic payments (for credit and debit cards) ' that involved the leasing of electronic point-of-sale equipment by plaintiffs. At this early stage in the suit, the court grants some of the defendants' motions to dismiss certain of the plaintiffs' claims, but denies other defendant motions with regard to other plaintiff claims. While not at the stage where the court might have discussed lessor/defendant arguments based on “hell or high water” leases, the case illustrates examples of purported outrageous conduct by the defendants, such as hiding most of the provisions on relatively expensive leases for inexpensive equipment, which plaintiffs were talked into signing in return for unfulfilled promises of huge savings on the costs of the payment processing services.
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