Labrada denies that it did anything wrong, and the Court has not made any ruling on the merits of the allegations of the lawsuit. Labrada, however, in order to settle this lawsuit and avoid the expense of further litigation of the claims alleged by the Plaintiff, has chosen to provide consumers who participate in this settlement with cash payments.

The Court has not decided in favor of either side in the case. Labrada denies all allegations of wrongdoing or liability against it and contends that its conduct was lawful. Labrada is settling simply to avoid the expense, inconvenience, and inherent risk of litigation, as well as the related disruption of its business operations. Similarly, the Class Representative and her attorneys assert that the proposed settlement is in the best interests of the Class because it provides an appropriate recovery now while avoiding the risk, expense, and delay of pursuing the case through trial and any appeals without getting any recovery. There would be no guarantee of success for either side if the case were pursued through trial and any appeals.

Excluded from the Settlement Class are Labrada’s current and former officers and directors, members of the immediate families of Labrada’s officers and directors, Labrada’s legal representatives, heirs, successors, and assigns, any entity in which Labrada has or had a controlling interest during the Class Period, and the judicial officers to whom this lawsuit is assigned.

If you are still not sure whether you are included in the Settlement Class, you can email us at contact@labradaclassaction.com, or you can call 1-800-801-7097, and ask for free help.

Settlement Fund

Labrada will cause to be paid the amount of Six Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars into a Settlement Fund.

The Settlement Fund shall be applied to pay in full and in order: (i) any necessary taxes and tax expenses; (ii) all costs associated with the Class Action Settlement Administration, including costs of providing notice to the Class Members and processing claims and all costs relating to providing the necessary notices in accordance with the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, 28 U.S.C. § 1715; (iii) any Fee and Expense Award made by the Court to Class Counsel; (iv) any class representative Incentive Award made by the Court to the Class Representative; and (v) payments to authorized Claimants and any others as allowed under the Settlement Agreement and to be approved by the Court.

To the extent that the payments from the Settlement Fund listed above are less than $625,000, 50% of the difference, if any, shall revert to Labrada and the remaining 50% of the difference shall be transmitted to Smile Train or, in the alternative Consumers Union, as a cy pres beneficiary.

Cash Payments to Class Members who Submit a Valid Claim Form

For Class Members with Proof(s) of Purchase: For class members who do not opt out of or otherwise exclude themselves from the Settlement and submit a timely and valid claim with proof(s) of purchase, Labrada will pay $5.00 in cash from the Settlement Fund for each purchase reflected on the proof(s) of purchase for up to ten Products purchased during the class period.

For Class Members Without Proofs of Purchase: For class members who submit a timely and valid claim without a proof of purchase, then Labrada will pay $5.00 in cash from the Settlement Fund for each product purchased during the class period for up to four products.

In no event shall any class member receive a cash payment of more than $50.00 total from the Settlement Fund.

If the amount of valid claims timely submitted by class members exceeds the amount allocated for cash payments to class members from the Settlement Fund, cash payments to participating class members who submit timely and valid claims will be reduced pro rata until the funds allocated for class member cash payments remaining in the Settlement Fund are exhausted.

In addition, Labrada has agreed to cease selling the Products by August 1, 2022.

Subject to Court approval, an incentive award not to exceed $5,000.00 shall be paid to Plaintiff Veda Woodard.

You can file an online claim here.

Alternatively, you may print out a PDF claim form submit your Claim Form by mailing it to the following address:

Labrada Products Class Action Settlement
c/o Classaura Class Action Administration
1718 Peachtree St NW #1080,
Atlanta, GA 30309

Claim forms must be postmarked no later than November 11, 2022.

TO BE VALID, ALL CLAIMS MUST BE POSTMARKED OR SUBMITTED ONLINE BY NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER 11, 2022.

i. Online: You can download the claim form in the documents section of this website. You can also submit a claim form online through the same website.

ii. By phone: call toll-free, 1-800-801-7097 or email contact@labradaclassaction.com to arrange for a claim form to be sent to you by either U.S. mail or e-mail.

iii. By U.S. Mail: you may write to Labrada Products Settlement, c/o Classaura Class Action Administration, 1718 Peachtree St NW #1080, Atlanta, GA 30309. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.

If you do not want to participate in the settlement, but you want to keep the right to sue Labrada, on your own, about the subject matter of this lawsuit, then you must take affirmative steps to get out of the settlement. This is called excluding yourself – or is sometimes referred to as “opting out” of the Class.

Your request for exclusion must contain: (1) the name of this lawsuit, “Woodard et al. v. Labrada, et al., Case Number: 16-cv-00189-JGB-SP; (2) your full name, current address, and telephone number; (3) a clear statement of intention to exclude yourself such as “I wish to be excluded from the Class”; and (4) your signature. You may also get a printable Exclusion Request Form.

You cannot exclude yourself by telephone or by e-mail. If you ask to be excluded, you will not get any settlement benefits, and you cannot object to the settlement. You will not be legally bound by anything that happens in this lawsuit. You may be able to sue (or continue to sue) Labrada in the future.

No. If you do not properly and/or timely submit a request for exclusion, you waive your right to opt out and will be deemed to be a member of the Class. Unless you timely exclude yourself, you give up the right to sue Labrada for the claims that this settlement resolves, and you will be bound by the terms of this settlement. If you have a pending lawsuit against Labrada, other than this class action, speak to your lawyer in that lawsuit immediately. You must exclude yourself from this Class to continue your own lawsuit. Remember, any exclusion request must be signed, mailed, and postmarked or submitted online by no later than November 11, 2022.

No. If you exclude yourself, do not send in a claim form to ask for any of the offered settlement benefits.

To be effective, your Objection must be in writing and must be accompanied by any documentary or other evidence and any factual or legal arguments that you intend to rely upon in making the objection.

In addition, your objection must:

(i) Clearly identify the case name and number: Woodard v. Labrada, et al., Case No. 5:16-cv-00189-JGB-SP.

(ii) Be mailed to the settlement administrator at the following address: Labrada Products
Settlement, c/o Classaura Class Action Administration, 1718 Peachtree St #1080, Atlanta, GA 30309.

(iii) Be postmarked on or before November 11, 2022.

If you choose to object through a lawyer, you must pay for the lawyer yourself.

Your objection must be signed, and mailed to the Court, along with any supporting documents, so that it is received no later than November 11, 2022 by the Court at:

Clerk of Court
U.S. District Court
Central District of California- Eastern Division
3470 Twelfth Street
Riverside, CA 92501-3801

A copy of your objection must also be signed, mailed, along with any supporting documents to the Settlement Administrator and to each of the following two addresses, so that is received by them no later than November 11, 2022:

Counsel for Plaintiff and the Settlement Class
Ronald A. Marron
LAW OFFICES OF RONALD A. MARRON
651 Arroyo Drive
San Diego, CA 92103
Email: ron@consumersadvocates.com

Counsel for Labrada
James G. Munisteri
FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 2000
Houston, TX 77002
Telephone: 713.276.5752
Email: jmunisteri@foley.com

Excluding yourself from the settlement is telling the Court that you do not want to be part of the Class or the settlement. If you exclude yourself, you have no basis to object because the case no longer affects you.

If you do nothing, you will get no payment from the settlement fund. But unless you timely excluded yourself, you also will not be able to start a new lawsuit, continue with a lawsuit, or be part of any other lawsuit against Labrada about the subject matter of this lawsuit ever again.

The United States District Court for the Central District of California- Eastern Division (the “Court”) will hold a hearing (the “Fairness Hearing”) at the Federal Courthouse located at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 3470 Twelfth Street Riverside, CA 92501-38018 on January 9, 2023 to decide whether the settlement is fair, reasonable, and adequate, as well as to determine the amount of attorneys’ fees and costs and incentive fee awards. If there are objections, the Court will consider them at that Fairness Hearing. The Court may also discuss Class Counsel’s request for an award of attorneys’ fees and reimbursement of costs. After the Fairness Hearing, the Court will decide whether to approve the settlement and whether to grant Class Counsel’s request for attorneys’ fees and expenses. We do not know how long it will take the Court to make these decisions.

No. Class Counsel is working on your behalf and will answer any questions the Court may have, but you are welcome to attend the hearing at your own expense. If you send an objection, you do not have to come to Court to talk about it. As long as you mailed your written objection on time, the Court will consider it. You may also pay your own lawyer to attend, but it is not necessary.

If the Court does not approve the settlement, the case will proceed as if no settlement had been attempted.

If the settlement is not approved and litigation resumes, there can be no assurance that the Class will recover more than is provided for under the settlement, or anything at all. In other words, there is no guarantee of success if litigation proceeds.

By visiting the documents section of this website, you will find the Plaintiffs’ First
Amended Complaint, Labrada’s Answer and Affirmative Defenses, a Claim Form, and an Exclusion Request Form.

You may also contact the Settlement Administrator by email at contact@labradaclassaction.com, or by writing to Labrada Products Settlement, c/o Classaura Class Action Administration, c/o Classaura Class Action Administration, 1718 Peachtree St NW #1080, Atlanta, GA 30309.

PLEASE DO NOT CALL OR DIRECT ANY INQUIRIES TO THE COURT.

This notice is given with the approval and at the direction of the Court.