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In an effort to resolve TCPA claims against them, Checkers Drive In has agreed to a class action settlement to pay consumers who received unwanted text messages from company.

California, Florida and Missouri residents who purchased McCormick or private label brand black pepper products between Jan. 1, 2015 and Jan. 27, 2020.The following McCormick brand black pepper products are eligible:

• McCormick Ground Black Pepper 1.5 oz. (UPC: 052100029924)
• McCormick Ground Black Pepper 3 oz. (UPC: 052100029962)
• McCormick Ground Black Pepper 6 oz. (UPC: 052100030104)
• McCormick Black Peppercorn Grinder 1 oz. (UPC: 052100030265)
• McCormick Black Peppercorn Grinder 2.5 oz. (UPC: 052100030654)

The settlement benefits California, Florida and Missouri residents who purchased McCormick or other private label brand black pepper products between Jan. 1, 2015 and Jan. 27, 2020. A full list of eligible products is available in the “Who’s Eligible” section below.

Several plaintiffs have taken legal action against McCormick & Co., claiming the company “slack-filled” their black pepper tins, resulting in overpriced products.

In December 2015, many of these complaints were consolidated into a multidistrict litigation under a judge in Washington, D.C.

In July 2016, McCormick attempted to shirk liability in the consolidated class action, claiming that selling their black pepper in a certain sized container isn’t considered to be false advertising. However, the plaintiff counsel clapped back at this statement, arguing the size of a container is an “implicit representation of the fact that it’s full.”