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Nestle Ice Mountain Bottled Water Class Action Lawsuit
By Mike Holter
A class action lawsuit claims Nestlé Waters sells phony bottled spring water that’s nothing more than regular ol’ tap water.
The Nestlé Waters class action lawsuit is filed by a Chicago company that says it’s been buying 5-gallon water jugs of Nestlé Ice Mountain brand water for its office dispensers since 2008. It wasn’t until July 2012 that a company official was allegedly told by a Nestlé employee that the bottles were filled with tap water, the class action lawsuit claims.
The company is suing Nestlé for false advertising, which includes a plethora of marketing materials that tout Ice Mountain water as spring-sourced. Information on the website even goes so far as to describe the water as coming from ancient glaciers and that trickled through mineral-rich glacial gravel deposits.
The Nestlé water class action lawsuit acknowledges that many brands of bottled water do not make a spring water claim and are assumed to be repackaged tap water, but they sell for far less than Nestlé charges for Mountain Ice’s so-called “100% Natural Spring Water.”
This isn’t the first time Nestlé Waters has been sued over allegations of false water labeling. In 2003, a Connecticut class action lawsuit blasted Nestlé for saying its Poland Spring brand of water came from an underground spring source “found deep in the woods of Maine” and “exceptionally well protected by nature,” when it actually came from a water well surrounded by parking lots. Nestlé settled the class action lawsuit for $10 million in discounts and charitable contributions.
The latest Nestlé bottled water class action lawsuit is filed on behalf of consumers in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Missouri who purchased Ice Mountain brand water in the 5-gallon bottles and were misled into believing they were purchasing 100% natural, spring-sourced water containing naturally occurring minerals. It is seeking punitive damages, attorneys’ fees and more.
The Nestlé Bottled Water False Advertising Class Action Lawsuit case is The Chicago Faucet Shoppe Inc. v. Nestlé Waters North America Inc., Case No. 12-cv-8199, Illinois Northern District Court, Chicago.
Updated October 17th, 2012
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53 thoughts onNestle Ice Mountain Bottled Water Class Action Lawsuit
This water makes me gassy everything I drink it. We have been drinking this for years. I have noticed the taste is different at times.
This is crazy, I’ve been buying Ice Mountain for a very long time and I gotta tell ya, this is such a disappointment. I have notice the water has been changing in taste and smell for a while now. I haven’t said anything because I thought maybe this is due to shipping. Now I find out the report I read on this water being bottle through the fresh mountain waters from the Alps is nothing but a awful lie. It sickens me what people do to others these days. Where is the pride and respect for others? I’m think I’m going to get in on this law suit only because I’m so frustrated with the deceit from these people. I wonder if this has contribute to my problem I’m having. I think I will check deeper into this. So I just bought a case of Ice Mountain earlier today. I’m going to buy myself a water testing kit and I’m going to test this water then I’m taking it back to the store for my money back. Meanwhile, to all the pissants who have been involved in this scam to deceive us…….up yours!
I buy this water from walmart on a weekly base its a shame that I have been lied too.
We are all being duped in so many ways, and population control is being accomplished. We are all rats in a cage, and Judgement Day is coming upon us. We are being poisoned and murdered in so many clever and sinister ways, but rest assured, the wicked shall burn forever and ever in the bowels of the earth.
Where do I file a claim?
I need to speak to a lawyer Asap!! Please, if anyone knows a lawyer let me know
I have been purchasing this water for years, I just bought a case from walmart and it smelled like lime and somthing else strange? my son now has a urinary tract infection or somthing, havn’t gone to doctor yet. I also bought a gallon jug and it doesn
t smell or taste as funny but still odd. just noticed this because it tasted different. I wonder who to call? my son drank the water even though i said it smelled and tasted funny. He has very little smelling ability. I would like to be included in this lawsuit. thankyou
we just purchased another case and have been buying this water for years
It’s the only brand I buy consistantly.
I am shocked!
Where do I find the claim form?
Then you wonder why all are jobs are going to hell and overseas. You don’t come to think of the problem until you see it posted some where. What about making America stronger for our people and keeping our jobs here. You might like to know they treat there employees and the people wthin the community with the utmost respect. I have worked twice as a temp through them and couldn’t ask for a better place of employment and treated just as equal as those that are hired. It just boggles my mind you didn’t think twice before lawsuit was mentioned. Really I think Americans have there priorities messed up when they will considered a profit before protecting where are kids will have a future…:/ JS
I’ve purchased this water. If I wanted tap water I can drink that from home. Where do we file a claim?