Food & beverage class action settlements
Class action settlements over mislabeled ingredients, false health claims, and food and beverage recalls.
Food & beverage settlements by the numbers
A settlement fund is the total a defendant agreed to pay, not what any one claimant receives — most funds are divided among everyone who files. Settlements are negotiated agreements, and defendants typically deny wrongdoing rather than being found liable.
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Food & beverage cases in litigation
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Merrick v. Mars Food US Class Action
This is a proposed class action filed against Mars Food US, LLC. Based on the caption alone, the specific allegations cannot be determined without access to the complaint. The case likely involves consumer claims related to food products or marketing practices, though the precise nature of the alleged harm is not available from the docket information provided.
McCormick v. The Campbell's Company
A proposed class action filed against The Campbell's Company by Jacqueline McCormick. The specific allegations are not detailed in the available docket information, though the case involves a food-beverage company and appears to concern consumer product claims.
Giles v. Taylor Fresh Foods Product Liability Class Action
This proposed class action alleges property damage claims arising from a defective food product manufactured by Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc. The lawsuit appears to concern injuries or damage allegedly caused by the defendant's product. The case is at an early stage with limited details available in the docket entries provided.
Gutierrez Family v. Cal-Maine Foods Antitrust Class Action
A proposed class action against Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. alleging antitrust violations. The case was filed in federal court as a class action complaint, though the specific factual allegations regarding the allegedly anticompetitive conduct are not disclosed in the docket metadata provided.
Montalvo v. Fairlife Milk Class Action
A proposed class action alleges claims against Fairlife, LLC and The Coca-Cola Company, apparently concerning a contract or consumer product matter related to Fairlife milk or dairy products. The specific allegations are not detailed in the docket filings available, but the case involves ordinary consumers as class members under the contract and consumer-products theory.
Estrada v. Hope Baking Company Class Action
A proposed class action filed against Hope Baking Company, Inc. The specific allegations are not available from the provided docket information, but based on the food-beverage industry context, the lawsuit likely concerns product-related claims such as product defects, contamination, mislabeling, or other consumer-harm allegations typically associated with baked goods or food products.
Null v. Taylor Fresh Foods Class Action
A proposed class action has been filed against Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc. (Taylor Farms) by plaintiff Lawrence Null in federal court. The nature of suit is classified as "Other" personal injury, suggesting allegations potentially related to food safety, contamination, or similar consumer harm, though specific details are not provided in the available docket entries.
Granados v. Taylor Fresh Foods Class Action
A proposed class action has been filed against Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc. by Victor Granados and Kait Gelbspan. While the specific allegations are not detailed in the available docket entries, the case is classified as a personal injury matter and brought as a class action, suggesting potential claims affecting multiple consumers regarding the defendant's food products or operations.
Tuennerman v. Flowers Foods Class Action
A proposed class action has been filed against Flowers Foods Incorporated by multiple named plaintiffs. The complaint alleges unspecified claims arising under statutory authority, with the nature of suit indicating a consumer or statutory action rather than a specialized legal matter. The specific allegations and theories are not detailed in the docket metadata provided.
Washington v. Driscoll's, Inc.
A proposed class action filed against Driscoll's, Inc. in federal court. Based on the case caption alone, the specific allegations are not yet clear from the docket information provided, but the lawsuit appears to involve claims that could affect consumers or businesses in connection with the defendant's operations or products.
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Beef Antitrust Settlement
Several beef processors including JBS, Cargill, National Beef, and Tyson Foods allegedly conspired to limit the supply of beef and increase prices. They allegedly entered into a market allocation agreement and stopped competing against each other, with the purpose and effect of increasing their profit margins and the price consumers paid for beef. Tyson Foods and Cargill have settled for a combined $87.5 million.
Williams v. Family Dollar Stores - Coffee Settlement
Family Dollar Stores allegedly deceptively labeled, packaged, and marketed Chestnut Hill ground coffee products, overstating the amount of coffee in each package and the number of cups it could make according to the brewing instructions. Family Dollar denies any wrongdoing.
Paid Coffee Product Voucher
Tuna End Purchaser Settlement
From June 2011 to July 2015, defendants allegedly participated in an unlawful conspiracy to raise, fix, maintain, or stabilize the price of packaged tuna products at artificially high levels in violation of antitrust and unfair competition laws. The defendants deny many of the allegations but agreed to settle to avoid further litigation and trial risks.
Tuna Direct Purchaser Antitrust Settlement
Defendants allegedly conspired to fix, raise, and maintain prices for packaged tuna products sold to direct purchasers. The defendants claim they deny all liability and assert their conduct was lawful or exempt from antitrust laws, or that it caused no injury. Settlements were reached with StarKist, DWI, and the Lion Companies to avoid the uncertainties of further litigation.
Paid Cash payment plus pro rata share of $26,100,000 in StarKist-branded products from StarKist's national price list