Americans are told since birth that all lawsuits are frivolous. There is a broadly accepted narrative that any lawsuit is meant for one person to get rich and that it will hurt the broader public. This is a narrative that was part of Reaganism, similar to Reagan's "welfare queen" narrative. Republicans love tort reform. Basically right wingers push the idea that consumer protection lawsuits are frivolous so that the public gets mad about it and then capitalists never face legal consequences for defrauding people.

The lawsuit in the article is a class action lawsuit, that means that the lawsuit is on behalf of a larger party, not just the person filing the lawsuit.

You can read the filed lawsuit here. https://interactive.wtsp.com/pdfs/hershey-lawsuit-PACER.pdf

On page 12 of the document, it says that the lawsuit is on behalf of "All consumers within the State of Florida who purchased one of Products, as detailed herein, within the statute of limitations period". On page 16 of the document, it says the that the lawsuit seeks "Awarding Plaintiff and the members of the Class compensatory damages in an amount according to proof at trial" and "Ordering Defendant to correct the deceptive behavior"

If the lawsuit is successful, it means that people in Florida who have purchased a reeses product recently will receive some sort of compensation and that Hershey's will required to have more accurate packaging in the future.

i would sue them to force them to make more reece's products that are a higher ratio of that peanut butter crack to their shitty chocolate

gimme that clay-like sugary peanut butter until i get gout and kidney stones you greedy fucks how am i supposed to get diabetes otherwise

The same corporate propaganda as the hot coffee incident

The latest ALAB episode has them going over the case of someone suing Cold Stone for not having any pistachios in their pistachio ice cream