Dollar General’s Motor Oils

June 2021: The Court granted final approval of a settlement agreement. Go to https://www.dgmotoroilsettlement.com/ for more information. (In Re: Dollar General Corp. Motor Oil Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation, MDL No. 2709, Lead Case No. 16-cv-2709, W.D. Mo.)

June 2016: Some of the lawsuits filed against Dollar General were transferred to a court in Missouri to be heard together. To read Dollar General’s motion to transfer the lawsuits, click here.

2015/2016: Multiple class-action lawsuits have been filed against Dollar General for, among other things, deceptively marketing motor oils. According to the complaint, Dollar General’s DG Auto line consists of three types of obsolete motor oil products and the retailer does not adequately warn consumers that the products fail to protect and can damage “modern-day automobiles.” To read some of the complaints filed against Dollar General, click on the case information below.

• Barfoot et al v. Dolgencorp, LLC d/b/a Dollar General, Case No. 15-cv-24662, S. D. FL.
• Flinn et al v. Dolgencorp d/b/a Dollar General, Corporation, Case No. 15-cv-8713, D. NJ.
• Foppe et al v. Dollar General Corporation and Dolgencorp, L.L.C., Case No. 16-cv-26, E. D. KY.
• Hill et al v. Dolgencorp, LLC (d/b/a Dollar General, Corporation), Case No. 16-cv-26, D. VT.
• McCormick et al v. Dolgencorp, LLC d/b/a Dollar General, Corporation, Case No. 15-cv-3939, D. MD.
• Meyer et al v. Dollar General Corporation and DG Retail, L.L.C., Case No. 16-cv-2091, D. KS.
• Wait et al v. Dollar General Corporation and Dolgencorp, L.L.C., Case No. 16-cv-5036, W. D. AR.
• Wood et al v. Dollar General Corporation and Dolgencorp, L.L.C., Case No. 16-cv-534, N. D. NY.