http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/today-food-finance-nutella-not-broccoli-162956191.html

So basically, Ferrero, the company that makes Nutella, got sued by some woman named Athena Hohenberg, because she was an idiot and thought Nutella would be HEALTHY for her children. Turns out, it's not (surprise surprise) and she filed a lawsuit claiming false advertising. She won the case, and Ferrero has to shell out $3.5 million, 2.5 of which will be spread out to claimants in a class action lawsuit.

I think this is retarded, and sometimes I really hate the people we live with. Thoughts?

flamewheel

FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts

April 27 2012 23:40 GMT

Coffee is hot. Don't stick forks in electrical sockets. Don't jump off building roofs.

People are just eh.

thatsundowner

Canada312 Posts

April 27 2012 23:42 GMT

as dumb as this lady is, anything that makes companies stop outright lying in advertisements is probably a good thing

Mattacate

59 Posts

April 27 2012 23:43 GMT

Perfect example of why the whole system is so stupid. The parents are idiotic enough to think liquid chocolate is good for you, or are so selfish they feed it to their children to get $$$ from doing so.
I don't even know what to think, apart from that the idea that this woman won a court case is the beginning of the end.

edit: in other news why the hell did she feed her daughter this obviously unhealthy spread without looking at the damn jar, and again WHY IS ANYONE GIVING THIS WOMAN MONEY

`dunedain

655 Posts

April 27 2012 23:44 GMT

Easy money, what do you expect.

Can't wait until the time when suing for free money becomes passé. If it ever happens.
Again, free money after all.

Also, lol at justifying the lawsuit as false advertising.

Roe

Canada6002 Posts

April 27 2012 23:45 GMT

On April 28 2012 08:42 thatsundowner wrote:
as dumb as this lady is, anything that makes companies stop outright lying in advertisements is probably a good thing

you really should know better, though. it's chocolate spread. but wait, the guys trying to make money off of it are telling me it's healthy. I wonder what I should believe. What the hell is so damaging about nuttella that makes you need millions of dollars to fix???

cas2

22 Posts

April 27 2012 23:45 GMT

it's not liquid chocolate, it's cocoa backed with copious amounts of sugar and coconut oil.

cHaNg-sTa

United States1058 Posts

April 27 2012 23:46 GMT

I feel like nutrition facts that are DIRECTLY on the product itself should prevent stupid lawsuits like these.

zerotol

Belgium508 Posts

April 27 2012 23:47 GMT

Frankly i feel the American judicial system is a joke. This mostly stems from the fact that you can get claims that exceed the real (proven) damage instead of in my country where only the real proven and inflicted damage can be reimbursed and nothing more.

For the people who think i am a flaming moron: i am a jurist, not just someone who jells from the sideline.

FoeHamr

United States489 Posts

April 27 2012 23:47 GMT

#10

On April 28 2012 08:42 thatsundowner wrote:
as dumb as this lady is, anything that makes companies stop outright lying in advertisements is probably a good thing

Dude its chocolate flavored. No shit its not healthy...

monkh

United Kingdom568 Posts

April 27 2012 23:47 GMT

#11

How did they come up with 3.5 million? :S did the lady get all 3.5 million?

Resent

Australia938 Posts

April 27 2012 23:49 GMT

#12

it says 2.5mil will be spread out to all the claimants, so i guess she gets the other 1mill?

Emnjay808

United States10665 Posts

April 27 2012 23:50 GMT

#13

Nothing says healthy better than coco, nuts, and milk blended into a paste.

Mmmmmmm.

Edit:
I personally never ate the stuff. Even my sisters bought a jar once and were saying stuff like "it tastes good and its healthy". I took one look at it closely and thought it looked like crap... spread over bread. Literally, it looked like crap. Zero appeal for me to try it out.

Marti

552 Posts

April 27 2012 23:50 GMT

#14

She obviously knew it wasn't healthy, stop calling her dumb as if she really had no idea. She figured out a way to make money off of it, good for her i guess, bad for her kids perhaps ? It won't really affect me, and it won't stop me from / make me eat nutella.
Edit : i don't think this happens only in the us, i'm pretty sure the laws regarding false advertisment are somewhat similar in other western countries.

Edit 2 : Reread my post and the op. Again. Now i actually wonder : was she actually dumb ? ( i highly doubt that but ... ) Did she think she could make money off of that ? ( possible, but still .. ) Or did she think it would be a good thing to do so ( let's sue them so they get their misleading commercial off the TV ) ?

hmmm...

632 Posts

April 27 2012 23:50 GMT

#15

although filing a lawsuit over this is plain absurd, on another note, there should be restrictions on how much companies can get away with just plain, false advertising (does anyone know if there are any?)

i don't know why i have to keep listening to "AT&T, the largest 4g network in the nation" every single day on television when clearly that's just outright false. i've never seen the nutella commercial so i won't comment on that.

Aunvilgod

2653 Posts

April 27 2012 23:50 GMT

#16

Gotta love America for all these law-stories. Americans really are the most fun people on the planet.

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empty.bottle

685 Posts

April 27 2012 23:51 GMT

#17

Interesting, since TL implied that at least one zerg will qualify to TSL4... I don't want to sue TL for false advertising.
:D

SgtCoDFish

United Kingdom1520 Posts

April 27 2012 23:51 GMT

#18

I saw a retarded thing like this earlier.

I was opening my box of 12 eggs and saw printed on the top:

"Allergy Advice: Contains Eggs."

Anyone who didn't work that one out probably deserves the allergic reaction. Sometimes things are so stupid.

dAPhREAk

Nauru12397 Posts

April 27 2012 23:52 GMT

#19

all they said was that it was part of a balanced breakfast... not sure thats enough to convince someone that it is "healthy" or not. a candy bar can be part of a balanced breakfast.

mindspike

Canada1902 Posts

April 27 2012 23:53 GMT

#20

On April 28 2012 08:49 Resent wrote:
it says 2.5mil will be spread out to all the claimants, so i guess she gets the other 1mill?

No... most of it will go to the lawyers.

Not sure why people are complaining about the lawsuit. How else are average people supposed to get accountability from big companies?