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Diamond Foods Inc. has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it mislabeled and misbranded its Kettle brand products by making false and misleading statements on package labels. If you purchased certain Kettle brand products, you may be entitled to a cash payment from the class action settlement.
This Kettle Brand settlement will resolve three class action lawsuits that allege Diamond Foods violated certain laws by making certain claims on its product labels. Specifically, the class action lawsuits took issue with Kettle Brand products that were allegedly mislabeled as natural, nothing artificial, and non-GMO. The plaintiffs allege these Kettle Brand products are mislabeled because they contain unnatural, synthetic and/or artificial ingredients. Further, the plaintiffs allege the “Natural” language is central to the marketing of Kettle Brand products and is likely to deceive reasonable consumers.
Diamond Foods denies any wrongdoing and asserts that its marketing and labeling was consistent with the law. However, it agreed to settle the Kettle Brand class action lawsuit to avoid the expense and uncertainty of ongoing litigation.
UPDATE: Class Members report that they have begun receiving settlement checks.
Who’s Eligible
Class Members of the Kettle Brand class action settlement include all persons who purchased certain Kettle Brand products in the United States between Jan. 3, 2010 and Feb. 24, 2015 for personal or household use. Kettle Brand tortilla chips, potato chips and TIAS chips are covered by the class action settlement if they included the following words on their labels:
- “All Natural”
- “Natural”
- “Naturally”
- “Made with All Natural Ingredients”
- “Natural Promise”
- “Nothing artificial”
- “No preservatives”
- “Non-GMO”
- “Non-GMO ingredients”
- “Only natural colors and flavors”
- “A Natural Obsession”
- “Real food ingredients”
- “Reduced Fat”
- “__% Less Fat”
- And/or any other derivation of “natural”
Potential Award
Up to $20. Class Members are eligible to receive $1 per eligible Kettle Brand product purchased, up to 20 products, for a total of up to $20.
The amount of cash each Class Member is eligible to receive depends on the number of Kettle Brand products purchased and whether proof of purchase is provided. If the total number of claims exceeds $2.75 million, the payments each Class Member receives will be reduced proportionally.
Proof of Purchase
None Required. However, Class Members who do not have proof of purchase may only file a claim for up to 10 purchases, and must assert under the penalty of perjury that they made qualifying purchases.
Class Members filing claims for more than 10 purchases must provide proof of purchase.
Claim Form Deadline
8/1/2015
Case Name
Klacko v. Diamond Foods Inc., Case No. 9:14-cv-80005, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Final Hearing
7/17/2015
Settlement Website
Claims Administrator
Kettle Chips All Natural Settlement Claims Administrator
P.O. Box 43324
Providence, RI 02940-3324
1-877-450-8811
Class Counsel
Benjamin M. Lopatin
THE LAW OFFICES OF HOWARD W. RUBENSTEIN PA
L. DeWayne Layfield
LAW OFFICE OF L. DEWAYNE LAYFIELD PLLC
Anthony J. Orshansky
Justin Kachadoorian
COUNSELONE PC
Defense Counsel
Amanda L. Groves
Sean D. Meenan
Joanna C. Wade
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
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76 thoughts onKettle Brand Natural Chips Class Action Settlement
didn’t receive a letter does anybody have the distribution date?
I filed my claim evening of 8/1/15 but was denied because……received after filing deadline. Guess they are going by east coast time and not allowing for my local time here in CA. My daughter had same problem. I have copy of claim showing printed on 8/1 but by time I got their notice – I didn’t have opportunity to reply in their 2 week window.
Received same letter! I sent the letter back stating I only had this one claim. Hopefully we will get settlement. From California.
same here no letter or payment any word on the distribution date sure could use some more chips.
no letter received or claim payment. 8/28/15
I received the same letter and only one claim was processed. Will never buy again!
I live in a large trailer park and there a 2k people who live in roughly 800 homes.
I received the same letter. This is BS for $ 20.00. I paid a lot more for the bags I bought.
got letter .what a joke ..i bought cases of this on amazon ..where does it say 1 claim per household ???? scam
I received the letter stating I was denied b/c of (1) per address or same or similar addresses No one else filed a claim !!!!! no one else uses our address !!!! and there are NO similar addresses on my street I have until 9/4/15 to dispute the denial along with proof there is no explanation of proof Ridiculous !!!!!!
I know, me too. I sent the letter before 9/2..which is in a couple of days. We will see.