Fresh Potatoes Price-Fixing Class Action Settlement Checks Mailed

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Top Class Actions viewers are starting to receive checks in the mail from a class action settlement that accused the potato industry of conspiring together to artificially raise the price of fresh potatoes sold at retail stores.

According to comments and posts on the Top Class Actions Facebook page, Class Members who submitted timely and valid claims for the fresh potato settlement began receiving checks worth as much as $30.49 on Aug. 5, 2016.

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

The fresh potatoes class action settlement resolves allegations that numerous companies involved in the growing, packing, processing and marketing of fresh potatoes manipulated the supply in a scheme to inflate prices.

In addition, the class action lawsuit accused the defendants of working together to limit the number of potato acres planted each year as well as manipulating the supply of potatoes that were placed in storage following the harvest.

Class Members included anyone who bought fresh potatoes from retailers in Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont or Wisconsin between Oct. 14, 2004 and April 10, 2015.

The defendants denied the allegations but agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle the claims.

The deadline to file a claim for the fresh potatoes class action settlement passed on Oct. 16, 2015.

Congratulations to our Top Class Actions readers who submitted a valid claim and got PAID! If you missed out, sign up for our free newsletter to receive updates on new class action lawsuits and settlements. You can also check out which class action settlements are still accepting claims in our Open Class Action Settlements section.

The plaintiffs are represented by Milberg LLP and Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP.

The Fresh Potatoes Price-Fixing Class Action Lawsuit is In re: Fresh and Process Potatoes Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2186, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, Eastern Division