Bought A Groupon, An iPhone 4, Or Coconut Water? These Class Actions Are For You

Have you bought coconut water, pinot noir, a Samsung TV, or an iPhone 4? If you purchased any of these products, plus a whole bunch more, you may be eligible to file a claim in one of these recently settled class action lawsuits. Proof of purchase isn’t always required, but lying is bad consumer karma.

  • Groupon customers whose vouchers expired and had to be used all in one transaction, allegedly in violation of state and federal laws governing gift certificates. Anyone who bought a Groupon between November 1, 2008 and December 1, 2011 may be eligible. You may be allowed to redeem expired Groupon vouchers, or get a refund for those that expired. Deadline not yet set.
  • Wells Fargo mortgage customers whose home equity lines of credit were allegedly suspended between January 1, 2008 and June 30, 2011. $150 cash per customer; claim must be postmarked by June 25, 2012.
  • Discover Card customers enrolled in or billed for payment protection plans or a credit score tracker (with or without their consent) can receive up to $60. Deadline June 6, 2012.
  • Bottles of Farallon, Red Bicyclette, Redwood Creek, Rex Goliath, Talus, Turning Leaf, and Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi French wines may have been sold as pinot noir, but that’s not what they contained. The French suppliers who mislabeled cheaper red wines have been convicted, because that’s serious business in France. If you bought any of the named wines, bottled from 2005 to 2008, you can receive $3.50 per bottle. If you can produce proof of purchase, you can get a full refund. The deadline is today, so get a move on.
  • iPhone 4 buyers can get $15 or a free bumper case as part of the ongoing fallout from that phone’s antenna design flaw.
  • Vita Coco coconut water: apparently “mega-hydration” is not a thing, and the makers of Vita Coco have been accused of misrepresenting the health benefits of their product. Customers can receive $25 cash or $36 in product vouchers.
  • JP Morgan Chase mortgage customers whose mobile phones were robocalled without their consent are eligible for up to $500 cash, depending on how many times they were called June 16, 2006 and June 15, 2011.
  • Blue Sky Sodas were marketed as being made in Santa Fe, but weren’t even made in New Mexico. Gasp! Purchasers can get up to $6 without proof of purchase, and $100 with it.
  • Owners of certain Samsung TVs can receive $450-$650 due to allegedly defective capacitors in the sets.

Thanks to our friends at Top Class Actions for sorting through and compiling all of this information. You can also check out suits still in the investigation phase and get in touch with an attorney if you were affected.

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