oleorunM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish • 6 months agoFlorida woman sues Hershey for $5 million, says Reese's candies don't have carved designswww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down13cross-posted to: news
arrow-up158arrow-down1external-linkFlorida woman sues Hershey for $5 million, says Reese's candies don't have carved designswww.cbsnews.comoleorunM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: news
minus-square@Death_EquitylinkEnglish10•6 months agoIf anything, she is owed the cost of the product and legal fees. Is she alleging emotional damage? Disappoinment is not worth $5 million.
minus-square@nelly_manlinkEnglish14•6 months agoIt’s a class action lawsuit, so the $5 million would be split up across everybody that purchased this product (and the lawyers).
minus-squareSubverblinkEnglish1•edit-26 months agoOnly the lawyers make any real money. See: Sandpiper Crossing, Goodman, Hamlin, Hamlin, McGill, et al.
minus-square@RedditWandererlinkEnglish1•6 months agoThere’s often large numbers depending on the severity, to discourage others from doing it. It doesn’t need to just be compensation to the person.
minus-square@Death_EquitylinkEnglish1•6 months ago$5m is a joke to Hershey’s, in 2023 they made $5b in profit.
If anything, she is owed the cost of the product and legal fees. Is she alleging emotional damage? Disappoinment is not worth $5 million.
It’s a class action lawsuit, so the $5 million would be split up across everybody that purchased this product (and the lawyers).
Only the lawyers make any real money. See: Sandpiper Crossing, Goodman, Hamlin, Hamlin, McGill, et al.
There’s often large numbers depending on the severity, to discourage others from doing it. It doesn’t need to just be compensation to the person.
$5m is a joke to Hershey’s, in 2023 they made $5b in profit.