Hershey’s Products
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as safe and sustainable
Reese’s Shaped Candies
Case Name (Date)
Kelly et al. v. The Hershey Co.
23-cv-2977, M.D. Fla.
(Dec. 2023)
Vidal et al. v. The Hershey Co.
24-cv-60831, S.D. Fla.
(May 2024)
Product/Service
Reese’s shaped candies, including pumpkins, ghosts, bats, footballs, snowmen, and others
Allegations
Falsely representing on product packaging that several shapes contain carved out artistic designs when there are no carvings on the actual products
Status
Kelly case: Voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled.
Vidal case: Pending
Class-Action Tracker
White Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
October 2020: A federal judge dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim finding that reasonable consumers would not be misled into believing that the product contains white chocolate.…
Boxes of Reese’s Pieces and Whoppers Candy
February 2018: A federal judge granted The Hershey Company’s motion for summary judgment finding that the named plaintiff failed to show that the allegedly deceptive practice caused him injury because…
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