Fresh Milk Price-Fixing Class Action Settlement
Class Eligibility
To be a member of this class you must have purchased certain milks or dairy products since 2003 (including half & half, cream cheese, sour cream, cottage cheese, yogurt or cream) your purchase must have been made in one of the following states:
- Arizona
- California
- District of Columbia
- Kansas
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- Oregon
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Vermont
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
NOTE: eligibility requires that you must have purchased your dairy products from a retailer and not directly from the producer
Estimated Amount
Varies
The amount received will be based on the number of products claimed as well as the number of valid claims submitted
Proof of Purchase
No
Case Name
Matthew Edwards v. National Milk Producers Federation,
Case No. 4:11-cv-04766-JSW
District Court for the Northern District of California
Case Summary
National Milk Producers Federation aka Cooperatives Working Together (CWT), Dairy Farmers of America Inc., Land O’Lakes Inc., Dairylea Cooperative Inc. and Agri-Mark Inc. agree to settle this lawsuit where they are accused of conspiring to fix the prices of certain dairy products
The evidence presented accuses the dairy farmers participating in the alleged antitrust conspiracy with CWT by engaging in the premature slaughtering of the dairy cows in their herds and, as of Apr. 1, 2009 by reducing herds they were able to maintaining higher product prices
The defendants deny the allegations but have decided to settle to avoid a trial
Settlement Pool
$52,000,000
Settlement Website
Deadline
01/31/2017
Contact
Fresh Milk Products Antitrust Litigation
P.O. Box 43430
Providence, RI 02940-3430
1-877-417-4561
info@BoughtMilk.com
