LensCrafters
Allegations: Advertising that customers who purchase eyeglasses at LensCrafters receive the benefits of its exclusive AccuFit® Digital Measurement System and obtain their pupillary distance measurement
September 2023: The Court granted preliminary approval of a settlement agreement. (Case No. 17-cv-5216, E.D.N.Y.) For more information, go to https://www.accufitclassaction.com/.
September 2018: Plaintiffs filed a Second Amended Consolidated Complaint. (Allegra et al. v. Luxottica Retail North America d/b/a LensCrafters, 17-cv-5216, E.D.N.Y.)
December 2017: The Court granted a motion to consolidate the Infante, Tenagila and Ariza cases.
November 2017: The Infante case was transferred from a court in California to one in New York. (Infante et al v. Luxottica Retail North America d/b/a LensCrafters, Case No. 17-cv-6389, E.D.N.Y.)
October 2017: The Tenagila case was transferred from a court in Florida to one in New York. (Tenagila et al v. Luxottica Retail North America d/b/a LensCrafters, Case No. 17-cv-6315, E.D.N.Y.)
September 2017: Three class-action lawsuits were filed against LensCrafters for allegedly falsely advertising its Accufit® Digital Measurement System, a system that measures the pupillary distance (the distance between the centers of the pupils). The complaints allege that the company falsely represents that Accufit® “measures your eyes five times more precisely than traditional methods, down to a tenth of a millimeter” and with “five times greater precision than traditional methods” when, according to plaintiffs, LensCrafters uses a “decades-old technology” and manual measurements that must be rounded up to a full millimeter. Click on the links below to see each complaint.
For more information about other class-action lawsuits filed against LensCrafters and TINA.org’s coverage of the company, click here.
Allegations: Advertising that customers who purchase eyeglasses at LensCrafters receive the benefits of its exclusive AccuFit® Digital Measurement System and obtain their pupillary distance measurement
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