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The Taipei District Court on Wednesday ruled that Alexander Health Club Group, the operator of a defunct chain of health clubs, must pay more than NT$256 million (US$9.18 million) to its former members for on Dec. 10, 2007, shutting down all of its 21 branches without prior notice.
The ruling comes 14 years after the Consumers’ Foundation in January 2008 filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of 8,564 former members of Taiwan’s once-leading health group chain, seeking NT$582 million in punitive damages from the owners of the company.
At the time of its closure, the company ran 16 Alexander fitness centers, four
Taipei, Feb. 16 (CNA) The Taiwan Taipei District Court ruled on Wednesday that the Alexander Health Club Group, which once ran the leading Taiwanese chain of health clubs, must pay over NT$256 million (US$9.19 million) to its former members for shutting down all of its 21 branches in December 2007 without prior notice.