Weight Watchers Diet Ice Cream Bars

January 2014: This action was voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled., the reasons for which have not been disclosed.

October 2013: A federal judge dismissed a class-action lawsuit against Weight Watchers International, Inc. and Wells Enterprises, Inc. The complaint, originally filed in 2012, claimed that the companies deceived consumers because their diet ice cream bars – including the Ice Cream Candy Bar – contain more calories per serving than the labels state, and the labels say the bars are made with “low fat” ice cream when, as a whole, the bars are not “low fat.”

The judge dismissed the complaint When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled. because the plaintiffs did not allege that they properly tested and assessed the number of calories in the ice cream bars. (Burke et al. v. Weight Watchers International, Inc. and Wells Enterprises, Inc., Case No. 12-cv-06742, D. NJ.).