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Award (how much your claim may be worth): You may be able to receive up to $100 per pair of New Balance toning shoes you purchased.
Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Case(s): Kimberly Carey, et al. v. New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc., Case No. 11-cv-10001-LTS, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts.
Company(ies):NEW BALANCE ATHLETIC SHOE, INC.
Website of the Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Administrator (FILE YOUR CLAIM HERE): www.NewBalanceSettlement.com
Address to submit a claim form (REQUIRED):
Phone Number to call for assistance: (866) 893-0232
Details: The New Balance settlement will resolve a class action lawsuit, entitled Carey v. New Balance Athletic Shoe Company, Inc., that alleges New Balance falsely advertised the health benefits of wearing its True Balance toning shoes to consumers. According to the class action lawsuit, claims that the shoes could burn up to 10-percent more calories with every step, create 29-percent more muscle activation compared to regular walking shoes, and that these figures were backed by scientific evidence simply were not true. The lawsuit further alleged that the shoes may actually lead to injury, “a fact which New Balance deceptively omits from its advertising.”
New Balance denies any wrongdoing, but has agreed to establish a $2.3 million class action lawsuit settlement fund to reimburse consumers in order resolve the litigation.
Class Members of the New Balance toning shoe class action settlement include all persons or entities that bought the following toning shoes from New Balance U.S. retailers, New Balance Stores, shopnewbalance.com, joesnewbalanceoutlet.com, New Balance Outlets, or other third-party retailers from January 1, 2010 through August 29, 2012:
Rock&Tone
TrueBalance
Aravon Ria
Aravon Riley
Aravon Quinn
Class Members who submit a valid claim form by the deadline of February 25, 2013 will receive a pro-rated share of the $2.3 million New Balance class action settlement. If the total value of all approved claims submitted by Class Members is less than the amount of money available to pay claims, each eligible Class Member’s award will be increased on a pro-rata basis to a maximum of $100. Class Members may submit more than one claim if they purchased more than one pair of New Balance toning shoes.
Claim forms and more information on your rights in the New Balance Toning Shoe Class Action Lawsuit Settlement can be found at www.NewBalanceSettlement.com.
Purchased or Leased From: January 1, 2010 through August 29, 2012
Claims must be postmarked by: 2/25/13
Settlement Administrator(s): Garden City Group
Class Counsel:
Defense Counsel:
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178 thoughts onNew Balance Toning Shoe Class Action Lawsuit Settlement
Almost ALL consumer class action settlements contain language that sets forth what type of proof of purchase is required. In this case is was $200 or more. If there is more claims then dollars set aside, the amount should be adjusted until each claim gets some reward. But in this case they are going to disallow any claim without proof and refuse to pay. There should be a class action against the attorneys that hare handling this case.
The members of this class action need to bring a class action against the attorneys that are handling this case. The original agreement was that no proof of purchase was required for under $200. Now they are disallowing any claim regardless of amount.
I had purchased 2 pairs, but have NOT recieved a letter stating to show proof of purchase at this time. So hopefully its just a mix up and they will get it all squared up and everyone will get their checks cause I was really counting on this one. We will see, be positive and keep your fingers crossed : )
yes wanda but the claim form did have in bold print that if you had over 200 in claims, you had to have proof and if it was under 200 you might need to have proof if the amount in claims was more than the settlement amount. hard time are everywhere so more & more people are filing claims in these class actions, real claim or false claims, the claims administrators need proof. I mean seriously. people should send in claims and then proof as if it was being presented to a court of law to be hear for found in their favor. I mean, who goes to court expecting saying “because I said so and I am not lying” to prove and win their side? No one. And written documentation is what the Claims Administrator goes by, what the court requires as proof, not word-of-mouth.
Hey guys this is not right we bought about 9 pair
for our selfs an grandsons no more shoes for us after my grandson got hurt from them
but it’s o.k. to take our money an now we can’t even get most of it back due to anything over 200.00 you have to have proof that is so wrong
an ask for proof 1st of all we don’t do checks an credit cards even debit card, they was all payed for by cash at different times you do remember cash people do still carry it due to identity theft debit an credit cards can cause problems for you so you are asking for proof still after all this time has went by i am not a hoarder if i was maybe i could fine a receipt maybe a shoe box
wrong to do folks like that we work hard for are money to but to all who gets a check enjoy it an i am glad you a least got one
come on treat us right you want our business
well we still do buy shoes but they want be new balance after this i want give them anymore of my hard worked money
plus the claim form said that if you had over $200 in purchases, then you had to have proof of purchase but it also said the if there were more in claim then funds available, the New Balance Class Action Settlement Administrator could request proof of purchase.
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
III. SETTLEMENT RELIEF
B. Claim Form Submission and Review:
2. As further specified in the Settlement Claim Procedures and Claim Calculation Protocol, the Claim Form shall advise Class Members that the Class Action Settlement Administrator has the right to request verification of the purchase of Toning Shoes, including, but not limited to, receipt(s) or other documentation demonstrating purchase of any and all of the Toning Shoes during the Class Period. If the Class Member does not timely comply and/or is unable to produce documents to substantiate and/or verify the information on the Claim Form and the Claim is otherwise not approved, the Claim shall be disqualified.
this is a scam by the attorney’s, let’s file a class action against them, for depriving us of rightful claims when we make these companies rich; buying defective or overpriced products!
Looks like it was a form letter sent to ??Everyone??. Even though we purchased about 8 pairs, we knew we didn’t have receipts from that long ago, so we only claimed 3 pair…but still they want receipts. Wow, unbeliveable
I received a letter requesting receipts. Who keeps receipts This lawyers are are greedy and always get most of the settlement money.Greedy SOB!!!