Vibram FiveFingers Running Shoes Settlement Checks Mailed

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Top Class Actions viewers are starting to receive checks in the mail from a class action settlement stemming over claims that Vibram USA Inc. misrepresented the benefits of its FiveFingers footwear.

According to comments and posts on the Top Class Actions Facebook page, Class Members who submitted timely and valid claims for the Vibram FiveFingers settlement began receiving checks worth as much as $20.21 on June 15, 2016.

If you filed a claim for the Vibram class action settlement, keep checking your mailbox because payouts are on the way!

The Vibram class action settlement resolves allegations that the footwear manufacturer falsely advertised its FiveFingers running shoes as having certain health benefits including:

• Improved posture
• Reduced risk of injury
• Muscle strengthening

According to the plaintiffs, certain Vibram FiveFingers actually increase the risk of injury because the shoes alter the way consumers run.

Vibram denied the allegations but agreed to settle for $3.75 million to avoid the risk of further litigation.

Class Members of the Vibram FiveFingers settlement include consumers who bought eligible FiveFingers footwear in the U.S. between Mar. 21, 2008 and May 27, 2014.

The deadline to file a Claim for the Vibram settlement passed on Sept. 24, 2014.

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The Class is represented by Janine L. Pollack of Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP; Glen DeValerio and Nathaniel L. Orenstein of Berman DeValerio; Timothy G. Blood and Thomas J. O’Reardon of Blood Hurst O’Reardon LLP; James C. Shah of Shepherd Finkelman Miller & Shah LLP; Michael K. Beck of Gary Roberts & Associates PA; Jayne A. Goldstein of Pomerantz LLP; Joshua E. Keller of Milberg LLP; Tony W. Breeden of The Breeden Law Firm; William M. Sweetman of Sweetnam LLC; and Patrick J. Sheehan of Whatley Kallas LLC.

The Vibram FiveFingers Running Shoes Class Action Lawsuits are Valerie Bezdek v. Vibram USA Inc., et al., Case No. 1:12-cv-10513-DPW, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts; De Falco v. Vibram USA Inc., et al., Case No. 1:13-cv-10764-DPW, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts; and Safavi v. Vibram USA Inc., et al., Case No. 12-5900-BRO-JCG, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.