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Good morning. Have a question about Liability and thought I may get more answers here than the business forum.
Well, I bought my Mom a group of Personal Training Sessions from a trainer at a Local Franchise Gym. Like 10 sessions for $400. The sessions were at her home and the trainer brought all the gadgets.
My Mom told the trainer she could not do anything high impact as she had her ACL surgery when she was younger. Trainer was like "no pain, no gain" we will just take it easy. Mom said Ok, your the pro.
Trainer had my Mom doing box jumps. 4th session she was in serious pain and could hardly walk on that leg. Went to Dr. and it turned out she tore her minscus (sp). She ended up having surgery and is currently going to Physical Therapy. After insurance deductable and all, my Mom is into this for over $3,000.
Main issue here, the trainer was not a friend but an aquantaince and we always saw her at the gym. She was very friendly. So, no contract was signed and the sessions were paid in cash which she paid for 10 but only got 3. Then we paid her another $500 for a holiday special she had going on for 20 sessions which never happened and never got the money back. She just said she would "apply" it to future sessions. Well, there will be no future sessions, my Mom is a mess, cannot do her low impact aerobic class, scuba dive, dance, etc. She is very active, divorced, and very bummed out.
We have no contract, no receipts for these sessions, basically nothing. Do we have any recourse? This is in New York. I do not want to bash her reputation but I can tend to get very revengeful when people do not to the right thing. Thanks for your help.
Well, I bought my Mom a group of Personal Training Sessions from a trainer at a Local Franchise Gym. Like 10 sessions for $400. The sessions were at her home and the trainer brought all the gadgets.
My Mom told the trainer she could not do anything high impact as she had her ACL surgery when she was younger. Trainer was like "no pain, no gain" we will just take it easy. Mom said Ok, your the pro.
Trainer had my Mom doing box jumps. 4th session she was in serious pain and could hardly walk on that leg. Went to Dr. and it turned out she tore her minscus (sp). She ended up having surgery and is currently going to Physical Therapy. After insurance deductable and all, my Mom is into this for over $3,000.
Main issue here, the trainer was not a friend but an aquantaince and we always saw her at the gym. She was very friendly. So, no contract was signed and the sessions were paid in cash which she paid for 10 but only got 3. Then we paid her another $500 for a holiday special she had going on for 20 sessions which never happened and never got the money back. She just said she would "apply" it to future sessions. Well, there will be no future sessions, my Mom is a mess, cannot do her low impact aerobic class, scuba dive, dance, etc. She is very active, divorced, and very bummed out.
We have no contract, no receipts for these sessions, basically nothing. Do we have any recourse? This is in New York. I do not want to bash her reputation but I can tend to get very revengeful when people do not to the right thing. Thanks for your help.