Pirate’s Booty

December 2014: All six cases were voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled., the reasons for which have not been disclosed. Click on the links below to see the court filings.

• DiSimone et al v. Pirate Brands
• Goldberg et al v. Pirate Brands
• Hill et al v. Pirate Brands
• Molinarolo et al v. Pirate Brands
• Ruffino et al v. Pirate Brands
• Valasquez et al v. Pirate Brands

2012- 2013: Six class-action lawsuits have been filed against Robert’s American Gourmet Food for allegedly falsely marketing Pirate’s Booty snacks as natural when, according to the complaints, the snacks are made with genetically modified crops and are heavily processed. To read the complaint in each case, click on the link below.

• DiSimone et al v. Robert’s American Gourmet Food, LLC d/b/a Pirate Brands (Case No. 13-cv-5459, E. D. NY.)
• Goldberg et al v. Robert’s American Gourmet Food, LLC d/b/a Pirate Brands (Case No. 13-cv-5496, D. NJ.)
• Hill et al v. Robert’s American Gourmet Food, LLC d/b/a Pirate Brands (Case No. 13-cv-4239, E. D. NY.)
• Molinarolo et al v. Robert’s American Gourmet Food, LLC d/b/a Pirate Brands (Case No. 13-cv-5499, W. D. WA.)
• Ruffino et al v. Robert’s American Gourmet Food, LLC d/b/a Pirate Brands (Case No. 13-cv-5208, E. D. NY.)
• Valasquez et al v. Robert’s American Gourmet Food LLC, RAGF, Inc., and RAGF Food Corp. (Case No. 12-cv-6307, E. D. NY.)

For more information about other class-action lawsuit regarding Pirate’s Booty snacks and TINA.org’s coverage of the products, click here.