Bureau of Consumer Protection OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Media Contact: Barbara Petito 717-787-5211 // for immediate release Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane today announced that his Bureau of Consumer Protection has entered into a consent agreement requiring the owner of 2 Central Pennsylvania health clubs to pay 8,000 dollars in civil penalties and investigation costs, plus allow affected consumers to cancel their membership contracts and obtain a full refund. (I inserted two AP style and one grammar error into this graf. Did you find them?) The consent agreement was reached with Steven R. Gerhart and his two health club facilities, Elizabethtown Fitness Club Inc. of Lancaster County and Middletown Fitness Club of Dauphin County. The consent agreement resolves a Dec. 2014 lawsuit filed by the Attorney General's Office. The suit accused Gerhart and the health clubs of violating Pennsylvania's Consumer Protection Law and Health Club Act. (Find the AP style error in graf 2?) According to the suit, the defendants during different time periods in 2015 were accused of entering into illegal health club contracts with consumers at both locations. The contracts allegedly failed to inform members of their rights and contained an automatic renewal provision in violation of state law. Consumers also claimed that they were required to return their membership cards thirty days prior to the effective date of their cancellation requests. (Spot the fact error in graf 3? Ho