Nature’s Bounty class action lawsuit overview:
- WHO: Anthony Fasce filed a class action lawsuit against Nestlé Health Sciences US LLC and its Nature’s Bounty brand.
- Why: Fasce says Nature’s Bounty fish oil supplements are falsely advertised as beneficial for cardiovascular health.
- where: The class action lawsuit was filed in New York federal court.
Nestlé Health Sciences is falsely advertising that its Nature’s Bounty fish oil supplements help improve heart health, a new class action lawsuit claims.
Plaintiff Anthony Fasce’s class action lawsuit claims that Nature’s Bounty fish oil supplements come in a bottle prominently labeled “heart health,” despite random tests showing that fish oil has no heart-related benefits.
“Scientists and consumer health advocates warn that fish oil labels are misleading, and that consumers are wasting their money,” the Nature’s Bounty class action said.
Fasce seeks to represent a nationwide class and a New York subclass of consumers who purchased one or more Nature’s Bounty fish oil supplements within the applicable statute of limitations period.
Nature’s Bounty fish oil supplements don’t provide heart-related benefits, class action claims
Fasce said that, while eating fish promotes cardiovascular health, several randomized trials pitted fish oil against placebos and showed “no evidence of heart-related benefits from fish oil supplements.” fish oil.”
“(Fasce) would not have purchased the Product if he had known that the Products had not actually been shown to improve cardiovascular outcomes or promote heart health,” the class action said.
Fasce alleges that Nestlé Health Sciences is guilty of intentional misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation, breach of express warranty and breach of implied warranty, and of breach of an implied contract, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, General Business Law of New York and consumer protection acts in six states.
The plaintiff requests a jury trial and seeks injunctive relief along with an award of treble and punitive damages for himself and all class members.
A separate class action lawsuit filed against Nature’s Bounty and The Bountiful Co. in September 2021 they were accused of selling fish oil tablets does not contain fish oil or any other essential omega-3 fatty acid.
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The plaintiff is represented by Christin Cho and Simon Franzini of Dovel & Luner LLP and Alan M. Feldman, Zachary Arbitman and Samuel Mukiibi of Feldman Shepherd Woolgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig LLP.
The Nature’s Bounty fish oil class action lawsuit is Fasce v. Nestlé Health Sciences US LLC d/b/a Nature’s BountyCase No. 7:24-cv-01009, in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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