Consumer Lawsuits

U.S. regulators are notifying more than 37 million people that they may be eligible for compensation as part of a settlement with Fortnite’s maker.

Starbucks did not succeed in a bid to throw out an consumer lawsuit related to its Refresher drinks. A judge is allowing nine claims to remain, according to a filing.

A class-action lawsuit filed against Arby's Restaurant Group Inc. accuses the sandwich chain of deceptive ad practices because the sandwiches allegedly don't have enough meat.

Walgreens has agreed to pay $44 million to settle a class-action lawsuit from customers who sued after submitting to faulty blood tests conducted by Theranos.

A Peloton exercise bike is at the center of a new lawsuit that alleges a user was killed after trying to use to the bike as leverage to pull himself up from the ground.

A lawsuit claims Burger King began to "materially overstate" the size of its burgers in ads starting a few years ago.

A New Hampshire woman and her husband have taken legal action against Eataly Boston for a broken ankle that she says stemmed from slipping on prosciutto in the Italian market.

A California judge said that she won't dismiss the false advertising case against the maker of North Carolina-based hot sauce Texas Pete.

A woman is suing Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, claiming they did not properly warn patients about certain side effects of Ozempic and Mounjaro medications that have surged in popularity.

A belligerently drunk passenger on a Delta Airlines flight allegedly sexually assaulted a teen girl and her mother after flight attendants served him 11 drinks, according to a lawsuit.

The FTC announced that defendants charged with carrying out an "extended vehicle warranty" telemarketing scam will be hit with lifetime bans in addition to fines.

Sarah Silverman and two authors have filed lawsuits against Meta and OpenAI, alleging that they used their material without permission to train chatbots.

Macy's is being sued by the father of a boy who the lawsuit claims was injured when a store mannequin that wasn't properly secured fell and struck him in the face.

The family of an Arby's employee who was found dead inside a walk-in freezer at a Louisiana restaurant is suing the owners for wrongful death and gross negligence.

A Florida court ordered Burger King to pay $7.8 million to a customer who allegedly slipped and fell in the restaurant, requiring surgery for his injury.

The family of Robert Jones is suing Celebrity Cruises for allegedly mishandling his remains, which resulted in their decomposition aboard the cruise ship Celebrity Equinox.

Anheuser-Busch, the maker of Bud Light, is being accused of racist hiring practices in a federal civil rights complaint.

Bill Anderson this week joined the management board of Bayer and will take over the reins from Werner Baumann. Anderson starts as chief executive in June.

The Federal Trade Commission announced proposed court orders that would ban the operators of the "extended vehicle warranty" scam from the telemarketing and warranty industries.

A Florida woman is suing Global Pharma Healthcare after she says her eye had to be removed after using the EzriCare Artificial Tears. Now, she says she is legally blind.