August 17, 2018
Novelty dessert company 600 lb Gorillas was awarded a fraction of the $3.9 million it sought in a breach of contract suit over allegedly subpar ice cream, getting only $725,000 from a Massachusetts federal jury on Friday, while its supplier Mister Cookie Face was handed the full $270,000 it wanted for a counterclaim over being stuck with unused ice cream sandwiches.
August 15, 2018
A nearly $4 million breach of contract case over the butterfat content of ice cream sandwiches is in the hands of a Massachusetts federal jury after attorneys on Wednesday argued over whether Mister Cookie Face LLC ruined dessert maker 600 lb. Gorillas Inc.'s business by changing a formula that left customers with an icy taste in their mouths.
July 30, 2018
An almost $4 million breach of contract trial over the butterfat content in ice cream kicked off in a Boston federal court Monday morning with the jury hearing differing accounts over whether ice cream maker Mister Cookie Face LLC was responsible for putting dessert maker 600 lb Gorillas Inc. out of business.
July 26, 2018
Dessert company 600 lb Gorillas Inc. cannot add a New Jersey state law claim to its suit against ice cream supplier Mister Cookie Face LLC, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Thursday, hours before a Boston trial was set to commence in their contract dispute.
July 25, 2018
Dessert maker Mister Cookie Face LLC cried foul on a bid by its former customer 600 lb. Gorillas Inc. to amend its complaint only days before a trial between the two over the butterfat content in ice cream by adding a claim under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, according to an opposition filed Wednesday in Massachusetts federal court.
June 19, 2018
Rival dessert makers 600 lb. Gorillas Inc. and Mister Cookie Face LLC on Tuesday sparred in a Massachusetts federal court over whether customer complaints about the amount of butterfat in its ice cream sandwiches will be revealed to a jury when the breach of contract case goes to trial in Boston in July.
November 20, 2017
Ice cream maker Mister Cookie Face LLC and parent Fieldbrook Foods Corp. rebuffed a Boston federal judge's comments Monday that they appear to have perpetuated a lawsuit knowing the costly process could hobble their family-owned opponent.