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Suchanek et al v. Sturm Foods, Inc. et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

3:11-cv-00565

Court:

Illinois Southern

Nature of Suit:

Personal Property: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Nancy J. Rosenstengel

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  1. September 16, 2020

    Attys Clash Over Fees In $25M Coffee False Ad Settlement

    Attorneys who secured a $25 million settlement for buyers in a false advertising class action against Sturm Foods Inc. asked an Illinois federal court on Wednesday to confirm $8.3 million in fees and their distribution, saying another attorney in the case is trying to give himself "a greater piece of the pie."

  2. September 13, 2019

    Coffee Co. Can't Pick Apart Its $25M False Ad Settlement

    An Illinois federal judge has denied objections by Sturm Foods to how proceeds will be divided from the $25 million it agreed to pay to settle class claims it falsely marketed single-serve coffee pods and told the parties to submit a proposed deal by month's end.

  3. May 10, 2019

    Settlement Brewing In Coffee Pod False Marketing Suit

    An eve-of-trial settlement has been reached in a class action alleging Sturm Foods Inc. and parent company TreeHouse Foods Inc. falsely marketed their single-serve coffee pods, according to a text order from an Illinois federal judge Thursday.

  4. August 29, 2017

    Consumers Won't Lose Cert. In 'K-Cup' Labeling Suit

    A class action alleging TreeHouse Foods Inc. took consumers for a ride by selling misleading coffee pods will go to trial, an Illinois federal court said Monday, as it denied a motion to decertify the class and chastised both parties for filing sloppy briefs.

  5. March 14, 2017

    'K-Cup' Labeling Suit Class Hits Back On Decertification Bid

    A consumer in a class action against a food processing company and its subsidiary hit back Monday against attempts by the companies to decertify the class, telling an Illinois federal court their arguments in the suit, which alleges they sold coffee pods containing instant coffee but misrepresented them as fresh-ground, had already been rejected in court.

  6. March 09, 2017

    Makers Want Class Decertified In 'K-Cup' Labeling Suit

    Sturm Foods Inc. and Treehouse Foods Inc. asked an Illinois federal judge Wednesday to decertify a class of customers who say the companies falsely marketed their single-serve coffee pods, arguing the class can't prove they suffered common damages.

  7. November 20, 2015

    Class Cert. In 'K-Cup' Labeling Suit Stands

    An Illinois federal judge said Thursday she hadn't made a mistake in holding that classwide questions prevailed in a labeling action over single-serve coffee pods, denying Sturm Foods' request for reconsideration of her class certification ruling.

  8. November 18, 2015

    Coffee Labeling Class Cert. Steeped In Error, Maker Says

    Sturm Foods said an Illinois federal judge misstated its argument in a ruling granting class certification to consumers allegedly duped to think the company's single-serving coffee pods held fresh grounds and not instant granules, urging the judge to reconsider her ruling on Tuesday.

  9. November 03, 2015

    Class Wins Cert. In 'K-Cup' Fresh Coffee Labeling Suit

    An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday certified a class of consumers who accuse Sturm Foods Inc. of misleading them that its single-serving coffee cartridges contained fresh coffee that in reality was instant coffee, after the Seventh Circuit determined that commonality was satisfied and revived the suit last August.

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