A New Jersey court has rejected class status for a lawsuit over drink prices at TGI Friday's restaurants.

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 01: A T.G.I. Friday's restaurant is seen on December 1, 2015 in New York City. A new sodium warning that includes the logo of a salt shaker printed in menus is the result of a city-wide law effecting restaurants with 15 or more locations and lets consumers know that an item has 2,300 milligrams of sodium or more in it. Restuarants must have the logo on their menu starting today. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
A T.G.I. Friday's restaurant is seen on December 1, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
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A southern New Jersey woman sued in 2010 claiming the chain violated consumer fraud laws by not posting drink prices on menus and charging different prices for drinks in different areas of its restaurants. Two other plaintiffs eventually joined the suit.

A judge granted class status in 2012, meaning anyone who ordered unpriced drinks at 14 company-owned New Jersey restaurants from 2004 through 2014 could make a claim.

A state appeals court decision published Thursday reversed that finding. The three-judge panel wrote that people who either didn't look at the menus or ask the prices before ordering couldn't necessarily claim damages.

Attorneys for both sides didn't immediately return messages seeking comment.

 

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