Attorneys Investigate: Fraudulent Hotel Resort Fees? In this issue, we’ll get into why your last vacation may have been more expensive than it should have been due to unnecessary—and potentially illegal—hotel fees. From there, we’ll touch on a few recently filed lawsuits involving toothpaste that may contain undisclosed ingredients, potentially illegal data tracking, and troublesome car batteries. Keep reading for all the details, as well as the latest class action settlements you may be able to claim. - Ty Armstrong, Writer/Community Manager |
| Attorneys believe that some hotels may be illegally charging a per-night fee—sometimes called a destination, facility, amenity, or urban fee—without providing all the amenities, products or services that are supposedly covered by the charge. For instance, it could be illegal for a hotel to charge a resort fee that covers bike rentals when the property doesn’t have enough bikes for its 500 guests to reasonably be able to use them. Learn more about the investigation here. |
Tom’s of Maine Sued Over Kid’s Toothpaste The proposed class action lawsuit alleges the company has failed to disclose that its “Silly Strawberry”-flavored Kid’s Natural Fluoride-Free Toothpaste is contaminated with unsafe levels of lead and arsenic. According to the case, independent testing detected the presence of the toxic metals at levels “that are not only extremely elevated for adults, but staggeringly much more dangerous for children.” Read up on the allegations here. |
| New Data Breach Investigations | | | Got a data breach
notice? Don’t throw it out – and check out our full list of ongoing investigations here. You may be able to help get a class action lawsuit started. | |
| | ~ In Case You Missed It ~ CA, NY Residents: Bought a Hisense QLED TV? Attorneys working with ClassAction.org have reason to believe that certain Hisense QLED TVs may not be as high quality as advertised. Specifically, the attorneys suspect that the TVs may not actually use quantum dot technology, which provides a better and brighter range of colors than standard LCD TVs, and therefore may have been overpriced. If you bought a Hisense QLED in the past two years in California or New York, check out this page for more information on the products in question. |
Case Updates  Our settlements page is always being updated. Have you checked to see if you're covered by any open settlements? You can also check out the latest settlements as they happen by following us on Twitter. |
| Latest Settlements - Aetna - LGBTQ+ Fertility Treatments
This settlement covers Aetna members who were in an LGBTQ+ relationship and were denied a claim or precertification request for fertility treatments between September 1, 2017 and May 31, 2024. - St. Stephen’s Cemetery (Kentucky)
You may be included in this settlement if you bought or are the next of kin or the surviving spouse of a person who purchased a burial plot or services from St. Stephen’s Cemetery between January 1, 1992 and February 24, 2017. - API Employee Wages (Pennsylvania)
You may be included in this settlement if you worked for API at the Shell Cracker Plant in Monaca, Pennsylvania during any workweek between November 3, 2018 and November 27, 2022 and were a non-exempt employee. | | |
To view a complete list of settlements and to find out how you can file a claim, click here. |
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| | ~ In Other News ~ | No stranger to litigation, Amazon is facing a new lawsuit claiming that it has embedded software in third-party mobile apps to track and sell data about consumers’ whereabouts. According to the case, Amazon collects “incredibly sensitive” information from millions of unsuspecting individuals, including data that exposes where they live, work and otherwise frequent. This page has the details. |
| Ford is on the receiving end of a proposed class action in the wake of its recall of nearly 273,000 newer Bronco Sport and Maverick models equipped with 12-volt batteries made by Camel Group (USA) Battery. The suit, which says the faulty batteries can cause sudden power loss and vehicle stalling, argues that the recall has left “more questions than answers” regarding the cars’ safety and that the value of the affected models has been diminished. Learn more here. |
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