Ferrara Candy Company
Recent News About Ferrara Candy Company
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More employers targeted in Cook County court with biometrics privacy class actions over worker fingerprint scans
Nine more class action lawsuits filed against employers, including Ferrara Candy and Caterpillar subsidiary Progress Rail, under Illinois' biometrics privacy law -
Judge: Ice cream need only taste like vanilla, not have actual vanilla beans, to defeat deceptive marketing class action
A federal judge dismissed a class action against Prairie Farms, claiming the dairy misled consumers by selling "Premium Vanilla Ice Cream" with vanillin flavoring, rather than real vanilla -
Class action claims Keebler cookies don't contain 'real fudge,' mint
The lawsuit targets Ferrara Candy Company's marketing of Keebler Fudge Mint and Fudge Stripes cookies. -
Appeals panel: Temp worker may have 'waived' workers' comp eligibility, potentially letting him sue over on-job injuries
A split Illinois appeals panel has ruled a temporary worker, injured while working at a suburban candy plant, can sidestep the state's worker's comp system and sue his temporary employer because the temp worker may have believed he waived his eligibility for workers' compensation, even though he cannot do so under Illinois law. -
Court: Liberty Mutual not responsible for providing legal defense to candy maker Ferrara
The Ferrara Candy Company has to handle its own legal defense and reimburse Liberty Mutual after an appellate court found the insurer was not responsible for defending and indemnifying the confectioner in a lawsuit. -
Attorney: Class action over Junior Mints slack-fill latest example of 'easy target' for plaintiffs' bar
Susan Razzano can't say how many similar cases will fill up court dockets in coming years. But the attorney with Eimer Stahl LLP, in Chicago, said she expects class actions over so-called 'slack fill,' such as that recently filed in Chicago federal court against the makers of Junior Mints, will continue to offer trial lawyers a sweet and "easy target." -
Workers accuse Ferrara of not paying them for work at start of shift, breaking OT laws
Chicago area candymaker Ferrara has been hit with a potential class action lawsuit on behalf of perhaps hundreds of current and former workers at its suburban candy plants, accusing the company of failing to pay its workers for the time they spent getting ready for their shifts each day at the plant, effectively meaning the company has failed to pay overtime as required by federal and state wage laws. -
Weevils in the Red Vines sparks lawsuit by Ferrara Candy vs American Licorice
The candy man can take a sunrise and sprinkle it with dew, but he apparently draws the line at rice weevils. Ferrara Candy Company, the century-old Oak Brook corporation behind iconic candy brands like Brach’s, Red Hots and Lemonheads, filed a federal complaint Aug. 31 in Chicago against American Licorice Company, which supplied Ferrara with its Red Vines candy, several batches of which were allegedly infested with rice weevils.