SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A $1.5 million settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit filed against SeaWorld over alleged failures to adequately notify customers that their annual passes to the park would be automatically renewed.
The settlement stems from a lawsuit filed on behalf of San Diego residents Daniel Blanco and Christopher Lomeli, both of whom bought annual passes through SeaWorld’s website, according to the complaint.
The lawsuit alleged SeaWorld’s website did not disclose that passes would automatically renew after one year, nor were Blanco or Lomeli reminded as the one-year mark neared that they would be charged for the auto-renewed pass. They also alleged that SeaWorld made it difficult to cancel their passes…