Hershey’s and Lily’s Chocolates Class Action Hershey’s and Lily’s Chocolates Allegations: Failing to disclose that products contain harmful chemicals
Hershey Products Class Action Hershey Products September 2015: The parties agreed to voluntarily dismiss the appeal. The reasons for the dismissal have not been disclosed. April 2015: Plaintiffs filed a Notice of Appeal regarding the November…
Hershey’s Products Class Action Hershey’s Products Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as safe and sustainable
Hershey’s Organic Chocolate Bars Class Action Hershey’s Organic Chocolate Bars Allegations: Falsely marketing that products are made from ethically sourced and sustainable cocoa
Hershey Chocolate Products Class Action Hershey Chocolate Products Allegations: Failing to disclose important information about chocolate products
Bags of Hershey’s Kisses Class Action Bags of Hershey’s Kisses April 2017: This action was voluntarily dismissed, the reasons for which have not been disclosed. The named plaintiff’s claims were dismissed When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot…
Chocolate from Mars, Hershey’s, Nestle, and Others Class Action Chocolate from Mars, Hershey’s, Nestle, and Others Allegations: Misleadingly representing that companies would “phase out” and stop using forced child labor when they continue to use child labor to harvest cocoa
Hershey’s Hot Fudge Topping Class Action Hershey’s Hot Fudge Topping Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the topping as fudge when the product is missing ingredients essential to fudge and contains ingredients not found in fudge
Chocolate Products from The Hershey Company Class Action Chocolate Products from The Hershey Company In February 2018, a class-action lawsuit was filed against The Hershey Company for allegedly failing to disclose that the cocoa beans used in chocolate products are the result of child…
Brookside Dark Chocolate Products Class Action Brookside Dark Chocolate Products November 2019: A federal judge granted summary judgment in favor of Hershey concluding that two of the named plaintiffs did not claim that they relied on the alleged misleading representations…
Boxes of Reese’s Pieces and Whoppers Candy Class Action 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…
SkinnyPop Popcorn Class Action SkinnyPop Popcorn Allegations: Products contain less popcorn than advertised
White Kit Kat Bars Class Action White Kit Kat Bars July 2020: A federal judge dismissed this case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The judge further concluded that allowing plaintiffs to amend their complaint would be futile because “reasonable…
White Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Class Action 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.…
ONE Protein Bars Class Action ONE Protein Bars In January 2019, a class-action lawsuit was filed against One Brands and The Hershey Company alleging that its ONE protein bars – including the Birthday Cake flavor – contain more…
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Ice Breakers® Ice Cubes Sugar-free Gum Class Action Ice Breakers® Ice Cubes Sugar-free Gum December 2015: This action was dismissed When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled.. The reasons for the dismissal have not been disclosed. June 2015: A class-action…