SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) — Consumers are suing Reckitt Benckiser LLC, a New Jersey business, citing alleged negligent misrepresentation and unfair competition.
Gordon Noboru Yamagata and Stamatis F. Pelardis filed a complaint on June 19 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that the New Jersey business made false claims regarding the effects of their product, Move Free Products, which is a supplement that reportedly offers benefits to users’ joints.
According to the complaint, the plaintiffs allege that they suffered damages from being misled into purchasing a falsely advertised product. The plaintiffs holds the defendant responsible for allegedly making false representations regarding its health supplements that it purportedly claimed would benefit their joints’ health.
The plaintiffs request a trial by jury and seek restitution and disgorgement of all profits, injunctive relief, damages, engage in an corrective advertising campaign, all legal fees, interest and any other relief this court deems just. They are represented by Todd D. Carpenter of Carlson Lynch Sweet Kilpela & Carpenter LLP in San Diego.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California case number 3:17-cv-03529-JCS