Article: CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FILED FOR FALSE ADVERTISING REGARDING 'KIDS FREE' PROMOS FOR 'BEAUTY AND THE BEAST'

BINGHAM FARMS, Mich., May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The following was released by the Law Offices of Goren & Goren, P.C.:

A "kids free" promise in advertisements for recent Detroit "Beauty and the Beast" stage performances has resulted in a class action lawsuit against TicketMaster, Walt Disney and Masonic Temple for false claims. The complaint was filed on Friday, May 24, 1996, by Steven E. Goren, partner, Goren & Goren, P.C. in Bingham Farms.

For the last two weeks in May, Detroit area billboards and newspaper and television ads promoted "BUY ONE TICKET, GET ONE FREE" and "KIDS FREE." In reality, individuals responding to the ad were charged half the original ...






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