Mar-Jac, Harrison To Pay $11.3 Million to End Poultry Price-Fixing Class Action Lawsuit

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Mar-Jac, Harrison Poultry Price-Fixing Class Action Settlement Overview: 

• Why: Accused of price-fixing, Mar-Jac and Harrison seek to “avoid the cost and burden of litigation and eliminate the risk of adverse judgments.”
• Who: Mar-Jac and Harrison Poultry reached a class action settlement with the consumer plaintiffs.
• Where: The class action lawsuit and proposed settlement are pending in Illinois federal court

A group of broiler chicken buyers reached class action settlements worth almost $8 million with Mar-Jac Poultry and worth $3.3 million with Harrison Poultry, following a complaint that the two companies, among 12 others, had been fixing prices for years. 

These latest settlements bring the total recovery amount regarding this chicken price-fixing case to $181 million. 

Mar-Jac, Harrison Poultry Settlement Part of Massive Price-Fixing Claim

The multidistrict litigation began in September 2016 when consumers filed complaints that Mar-Jac and Harrison coordinated together to limit chicken production and raise prices that would benefit them both. 

Under the deal, Mar-Jac and Harrison Poultry agreed to provide testimony and evidence which may assist the plaintiffs in their case against the remaining 12 accused entities in the  price-fixing class action lawsuit. 

What do you think of the Mar-Jac and Harrison Poultry chicken price-fixing settlements? Let us know in the comments section below!

The plaintiffs are represented by Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP, Hart McLaughlin & Eldridge LLC and Pearson Simon & Warshaw LLP. 

The Chicken Price-Fixing Class Action Lawsuit is Case No. 1:16-cv-08637 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division. 

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