If a magazine shuts down unexpectedly, does it have a duty to issue a refund to its subscribers?

At least one former VIBE lover thinks so.

Kenneth Rogers, of Alabama, is suing the urban-interest publication that shut down last month, claiming he purchased a one year subscription three months before the magazine’s unexpected shut down. Rogers has filed a class action lawsuit against the magazine and its owners for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and for violating New York State’s deceptive practices statute.

Reuters writes: “As the magazine was quietly closing up the shop, the Vibe website continued to contain links to advertisements enticing customers to purchase subscriptions to the magazine,” the lawsuit says, naming Vibe Media Group as a defendant along with unnamed people associated with the magazine. Vibe should have “publicly disclosed to subscribers that it was teetering on the brink of insolvency.”

According to the suit, a one-year subscription cost between $9.95 and $14.95.