Walmart class action lawsuits, settlement overview:
- Who: Walmart recently faced class action lawsuits, a recall and a settlement.
- Why: The class action lawsuits include claims regarding a cancer-causing chemical, false advertising, overtime pay and price fixing.
- Where: The Walmart class actions, recall and settlement affect consumers nationwide.
Walmart recently faced class action lawsuits, a settlement agreement and an eye ointment recall.
The class action lawsuits include claims involving the chemical benzene, price fixing, false advertising and overtime wages.
Class action says Walmart sold Equate acne products containing benzene
A consumer filed a class action lawsuit against Walmart over claims the company sold Equate brand acne products containing the cancer-causing chemical benzene.
The class action lawsuit claims benzoyl peroxide in Equate acne products degrades over time into benzene.
Walmart misrepresents the Equate acne products because it fails to disclose benzene on the products’ ingredients list, according to the Walmart class action.
The consumer argues the chemical’s presence makes the Equate products adulterated, misbranded and illegal to sell under federal and state law.
Walmart fish oil supplements don’t aid heart health as advertised, class action claims
A consumer filed a class action lawsuit against Walmart over claims the company sells fish oil supplements that falsely assert benefits to heart health.
The class action alleges there is no scientific proof fish oil supplements have an effect on heart health and/or cardiovascular disease prevention, making Walmart’s claims about its Spring Valley Omega-3 Fish Oil Soft Gels both false and misleading.
“Despite the lack of evidentiary support, companies like defendant continue to make false and misleading claims related to Omega-3 supplements because reasonable consumers are particularly vulnerable to such claims,” the class action states.
Ex-Walmart managers ask judge to allow continuation of overtime class action
A group of 35 former Walmart warehouse managers asked a Georgia federal judge to let them continue with a class action lawsuit claiming the company failed to pay them the federally mandated overtime wage.
The group argues individual litigation against Walmart, as was recommended by a magistrate judge, would increase costs, cause stress and waste time.
The class action lawsuit claims Walmart misclassified the warehouse managers as exempt from overtime pay, preventing them from receiving additional pay for working more than 40 hours in a single workweek.
Walmart colluded with Energizer to fix disposable battery prices, class actions claim
Walmart also faces a trio of class action lawsuits against itself and Energizer Battery Holdings over claims the companies engaged in a price-fixing conspiracy involving disposable batteries.
The class action lawsuits claim the companies entered into an agreement in 2018 that allegedly called for Walmart to give “preferential treatment” to Energizer in its stores in return for the latter monitoring Walmart’s competitors to keep them from “undercutting” its retail prices for Energizer batteries.
A federal judge denied an attempt by Energizer and Walmart to dismiss the complaints, with the judge ruling the claims have been adequately pleaded and can continue.
Walmart to pay $45M settlement to resolve weighted grocery claims
Walmart to pay $45 million to end claims the company charged customers of weighted groceries more than the lowest in-store price advertised.
The class action settlement will benefit a nationwide class of consumers who made an in-store purchase of weighted goods or bagged citrus products from a Walmart store between Oct. 19, 2008, and Jan. 19, 2024.
The consumer behind the complaint claimed Walmart’s point-of-sale machines caused the total price of weighted goods to exceed the lowest in-store advertised sale price by artificially raising their weight if they were marked at a “Rollback” price.
Eye ointment sold at Walmart recalled over sterility concerns
Healthcare product manufacturer Brassica Pharma issued a recall for some of its eye ointment sold at Walmart, CVS and AACE Pharmaceuticals over concerns the product may not be sterile.
The Walmart recall involves five lots of Equate Lubricant Eye Ointment and nine lots of Equate Stye Lubricant Eye Ointment, with expiration dates ranging from February 2024 to September 2025.
Brassica initiated the recall in the wake of the Food and Drug Administration noting an investigation found a lack of sterility assurance at the facility the eye ointment products were manufactured in.
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