Ring Fraud Plaintiff ‘Has No Basis' to Avoid Arbitration: Defendants

Plaintiff Allison White’s false-advertising claims against Ring, its parent Amazon and Home Depot “must be resolved in arbitration,” said the defendants Monday in a motion to compel (docket 2:22-cv-06909) in U.S. District Court for Southern California in Los Angeles. White’s Sept. 23 class action alleges the packaging, ads and marketing materials for Ring’s $399 Jobsite Security 5-Piece Starter Kit falsely represent to consumers that the kit, when used with an internet connection and Ring’s Protect Pro security subscription, will automatically call authorities when their motion sensors have been activated (see 2210090005). When purchasing the kit from Home Depot and the Protect Pro subscription from Ring, “White accepted broad arbitration agreements with each defendant,” said the motion. “White seeks to assert a litany of class claims” based on her belief that Ring “would provide a feature Ring never promised,” it said. “White’s claims rest solely on her misinterpretation of a Ring webpage and have no merit.” White “has no basis to avoid her arbitration agreements with Ring and Home Depot,” said the motion. “White, a licensed attorney and real estate broker, cannot show grounds to invalidate her repeated agreements to arbitrate this dispute.”