Who would have thought that such a sweet thing like ice cream could cause a class action lawsuit. The Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Class Action Lawsuit is entitled Astiana, et al. v. Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc., Astiana, et al. v. Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc. and Thurston, et al. v. Conopco, Inc. d/b/a UNILEVER. The lawsuit claims that Ben & Jerry mislead consumers about their ice cream being unnatural. The Breyers All Natural Original Ice Cream and the Breyers Smooth & Dreamy 1/2 Fat All Natural Ice Cream products claimed to be “all natural” when they actually contained a non-natural processed ingredient called alkalized cocoa. Alkalized cocoa definitely does not sound natural. Skye Astiana has filed the lawsuit on behalf of all consumers who have purchased these products. The only way to get paid by this lawsuit settlement is to file a claim. All claim forms must be in by August 30th, 2012. Ben and his pal Jerry have agreed to pay a $5 million in restitution as part of a class action lawsuit settlement to put this issue behind this popular ice cream company.
Class members must have made the purchase between NOVEMBER 4, 2004 AND MARCH 30, 2012 and includes anyone in the US who purchased any other following natural premium Ben & Jerry’s ice creams: Banana Split, Boston Cream Pie, Brownie Batter, Cake Batter, Cheesecake Brownie, 
Cherry Garcia, Chocolate, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Chocolate Fudge Brownie, Chocolate Macadamia, Chubby Hubby, Chunky Monkey, Dublin Mudslide, Fossil Fuel, Half Baked, Imagine Whirled Peace, Karamel Sutra, Milk & Cookies, Mint Chocolate Cookie, Mud Pie, Neapolitan Dynamite, New York Super Fudge Chunk, Oatmeal Cookie Chunk, Peanut Butter Cup, Phish Food, S’mores, Triple Caramel Chunk, Turtle Soup, and Vanilla Caramel Fudge.
The lawsuit also includes anyone who purchased natural yogurt flavors: Froyo Cherry Garcia, Froyo Chocolate Fudge Brownie, Froyo Half-Baked and those who purchased the following All Natural popsicle flavors Cherry Garcia, Fudgy Brownies, and Half Baked… was Ben and Jerry half-baked when saying that these ice creams where all natural?
In order to part of the settlement a class member must file a claim form no later than February 25, 2013 and a claimant can submit a claim for each pair of shoes purchased. The shoes included under this lawsuit include the following New Balance models: Rock&Tone, TrueBalance, Aravon Ria, Aravon Riley and Aravon Quinn. If you purchased any other previous named shoes between the dates of January 1, 2010 to August 29, 2012 you are a part of this lawsuit class. A porposed settlement fund of $2,300,000 has been reported. All objections and exclusions are due no later than November 26, 2012. The Honorable Leo T. Sorokin will reside over the New Balance Toning Shoes Lawsuit and the fairness hearing will take place in Courtroom 24 at the John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts 02210.
battery and the battery model/part number of the Replacement Battery. A settlement fairness hearing will be held at 2:00 p.m. on June 28, 2012 to determine the settlement terms are fair to the class members. If you wish to attend the hearing will be held at 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California 94612… right down the street from the Veterans Affairs Oakland Regional Office.
Thomas & King currently employs over 5,000 employees and operates in the states of Arizona, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Popular restaurants they manage include Applebee’s and Carino’s Italian Grill. Applebee’s is one of the best places to meet for happy hour at and makes an excellent place to watch football on a Sunday or Saturday afternoon. The Thomas and King home office can be found at 249 East Main Street, Lexington, KY 40507. They attempt to WOW the customer, provide Guest First service and be honest with the customer.
The class members of the HughesNet Satellite lawsuit will be represented by the law offices of Jennifer Rosenberg Bramson, Plutzik, Mahler & Birkhaeuser, LLP. SatelliteInternetSettlement.com provides the claim form and other relevant court documents. Other important dates include the deadline for objecting which is July 16, 2012 (past) and the deadline for excluding yourself which is September 28, 2012.
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The following law firms have been appointed by the court to represent all class members: Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer P.A. of Woodbridge, New Jersey, Barnow and Associates, P.C. of Chicago, Illinois, and Steward Law Firm, LLC of St. Louis, Missouri. Please do not contact RCI with any questions about the lawsuit. All questions should be directed to the court appointed attorneys. You can submit a claim form online or by mail. If you submit by mail please send it to: SETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATOR, PO Box 2662, Faribault, MN 55021-9662.
If you have already filed a claim and simply want to check your status please have your date of birth and PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER on hand. If you are filing a new claim please note that the average time frame to process a claim is running about 10 days. If you provided false information during the unemployment insurance benefits application process it is considered a criminal act and you will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. It is bad enough you are filing for unemployment insurance benefits in the first place… do you really have to embarrass yourself any further by cheating your fellow tax payers?
In order to receive a settlement payment you must file a claim before 12/07/12. Although it is estimated a $200 cash settlement could be made the exact amount is still undetermined and will depend on a variety of factors to include the fairness hearing. This hearing is scheduled for October 23, 2012 in Courtroom 2319 of the Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60604. Class member will receive payments in 60 to 90 days of the final approval. Please note that class members will have 90 to cash the payment or they will expire and become void.The following attorneys have been appointed by the court to represent class members: Jay Edelson, Myles McGuire, and Ryan D. Andrews of Edelson McGuire, LLC. If you are unhappy with the proposed settlement and would like to exlcude yourself please do so by September 25, 2012.