Class Action Roundup With Scott Hardy | March 15-19

Are You Owed Money? Class Action Round Up with Scott Hardy (March 15-19, 2021)

Are you owed some money?

Top Class Actions founder and president Scott Hardy breaks down this week’s top class action lawsuits and settlements you should know about!

Chipotle falsely advertises “free” or “$1” food delivery, but a service charge is added to every order, a recent class action lawsuit alleges.
The plaintiff argues the chain’s “free delivery” ads are false and misleading because a 10 percent service charge is added to all delivery orders.
In addition, Chipotle secretly marks up its menu items by 12 percent to 15 percent when customers place a delivery order.
The plaintiff seeks to represent a nationwide Class of consumers who ordered delivery through Chipotle’s app or website and were charged higher delivery fees than promised.

Find out more here!

TikTok will pay $92 million to settle a class action lawsuit that claimed the video-sharing app illegally collected its users’ personal data — including the data of users as young as 6.
If the Court approves the settlement, 21 proposed class action lawsuits, most brought on behalf of minors, will be resolved.
The class action lawsuits revealed TikTok allegedly hid its data-collection and -sharing practices.
In addition, the app shared user information with Facebook, Google, and other companies, the class action lawsuits argued.
As part of the settlement, Tiktok will no longer record users’ biometric information or track their locations.
The nationwide Class is estimated at 89 million members.

Read more about this settlement here.

Have you received robocalls on your cellphone from a business, creditor, or debt collector that were meant for someone else?
The calls can happen when a person gets a new number or in other circumstances in which the company has the wrong number.
Federal law prohibits companies from using an autodialer, artificial voice, or prerecorded voice to place calls to cellphones without the consumer’s prior consent.
If you have received a call like this meant for someone else, you may be able to participate in a wrong-number robocall class action lawsuit investigation.

Submit for a free case review here!

American Airlines faces a second class action lawsuit alleging it forces customers to pay for bags while checking in even though they held tickets offering free checked baggage.
The class action lawsuit argues the company promises to waive baggage fees for customers such as frequent flyers and American Airlines credit card holders, but makes them pay to check their bags.
The plaintiffs claim they were asked to pay baggage fees despite receiving email confirmations stating they could check their bags for free.
The class action lawsuit seeks to represent a nationwide Class.
The plaintiffs are seeking damages of no less than what the travelers had to pay to check their baggage, as well as an order preventing American from continuing the alleged practice.

Read more here.

A recent class action lawsuit alleges Walmart requires employees to arrive at work at least 30 minutes before their shift in order to go through COVID-19 screenings without paying them for that time.
The plaintiffs claim Walmart’s screening policy violates the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The plaintiffs seeks to represent a nationwide Class of all current and former Walmart employees who went through a COVID-19 screening during at least one week in the last three years.

Get details here!