Pennsylvania-based The Hershey Company is facing a lawsuit seeking $5 million in damages over the wrappers on Reese's peanut butter candies.

HERSHEY, Pa. (CBS) – A Florida woman is upset about the lack of designs on Reese’s holiday-themed peanut butter candy - and now she’s taking parent company Hershey to court over it.

Cynthia Kelly filed a federal class-action lawsuit Thursday in the U.S. District Court in the Middle District of Florida, alleging several Reese’s products don’t match their photos as depicted on the wrappers.

For example, Reese’s peanut butter pumpkins are merely pumpkin-shaped hunks of peanut-butter-stuffed chocolate, and the actual product has no Jack O’lantern-style carvings as the wrapper depicts, Kelly alleges.

  • @WoahWoah
    13•11 months ago

    I feel no lawyer is taking this case pro bono, so this person is paying attorney fees and hourly billing to do this. How much must this absurdity cost? Some lawyer is just like “cool. Easy, stupid money.”

    Like… can a lawyer weigh in on this? If I bring this to you and tell you I’m adamant about filing the suit, how much is this process so far going to run me?

    • @bostonbananarama
      35•11 months ago

      This was filed as a class action, with the class being all Floridians that purchased these. If you’re at all familiar with class action lawsuits, they hugely benefit the lawyers, minimally benefit the named plaintiff, and barely provide anything to the class at large.

      So an attorney may take it, assuming the believe they can get the class certified. I don’t do that type of work, so I don’t know too much about it.

      Also, contingency cases are possible against large companies based on nuisance value, essentially it’s cheaper to pay you $15k to go away then to litigate for a large company.

      • Captain Aggravated
        11•11 months ago

        I think I’ve been among the “winners” of three, maybe four class action lawsuits. I think I’m up something like $17.

      • @WoahWoah
        0•11 months ago

        Interesting. Thanks for the information.

        Actually, now that I think about it, these chocolates ARE frustrating me… 🤣