A Delaware Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise must pay over $1.5 million in damages to a former employee who said that she was demoted for needing to pump breast milk. New mom Autumn Lampkins said in her lawsuit that management and fellow employees made it so difficult to pump during her long shifts that her breast milk dried up, according to The News Journal. …
Individuals who filed claims as part of a $52 million class-action settlement that alleged milk price fixing may only be getting $6 to $6.50 back. A 2011 lawsuit claimed that some dairy co-ops and others conspired to fix prices by reducing the size of their herds, thus raising the price of milk. Courthouse News Service also reported the class affects consumers who purchased cream, half & half, …
According to a statement from Jim Mulhern, president and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation, the group is settling the suit to put the issue behind them and move on to other issues. “It is important to note that the court has found no antitrust violation and CWT makes no admission of wrongdoing in this settlement. The activity at issue in this litigation — the herd …
It’s time to claim your free milk money. Got Milk? If you bought dairy products between 2003 and now, you could be eligible for up to $20 cash back from the National Milk Producers Federation as part of a $52 million class action settlement for accusations of price fixing.
Got milk? If the answer is yes, you might be owed a little pocket cash. Lactose-tolerant Americans are cashing in on a class-action settlement from a milk price-fixing lawsuit.
If you bought milk — or any dairy products in Wisconsin over the last 14 years you could be owed a refund. Wisconsin is one of 15 states involved in a class action lawsuit against milk producers. The $52 million settlement accuses dairy farmers of price-fixing.
Residents of New Hampshire, 14 other states and the District of Columbia can now file a claim for part of a $52 million dairy anti-trust settlement. The settlement was reached earlier this month in a federal class-action lawsuit alleging that National Milk Producers Federation, through its voluntary farmer-funded national program, Cooperatives Working Together, artificially limited raw milk …
A Muscle Milk class action lawsuit, Clay et al. v. CytoSport Inc., was filed in January 2015 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. The plaintiffs in that case have now asked the court to certify four different classes; a nationwide class, and a class …
The National Milk Producers Federation class action lawsuit has reached a settlement agreement. The antitrust lawsuit was filed by Matthew Edwards et al. against defendants NMPF, also known as Cooperatives Working Together, Dairy Farmers of America, Land O’ Lakes, Dairylea Cooperative, and …
The way milk is priced at the federal level ultimately affects shoppers in the stores. But it’s a complicated process that includes a minimum price set by the feds and a market premium above that set by groups like the Dairy Farmers of America. Those in the industry say, often, both the consumer and the producer get a raw deal.