It’s still early, but so far this is our favorite coffee lawsuit of 2011:
A St. Clair County woman claims the manufacturer of K-cups for her Keurig coffee maker misled her into believing the cartridges contained coffee that could be fresh brewed. In actuality, the cups contained instant coffee, the woman alleges in her recently filed putative class action complaint.
Linda Suchanek is the named plaintiff in a suit filed June 28 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against Sturm Foods and Treehouse Foods.
In the complaint, Suchanek claims she purchased Grove Square coffee cartridges manufactured by Sturm for use in Keurig coffee machines.
The Grove Square products can be found at major retail stores, such as Walmart and Big Lots, and promise to provide the consumer with a “fresh, hot, and delicious” cup of coffee. Its packaging states that its product is made from “the world’s highest quality Arabica beans, roasted and ground to ensure peak flavor, then packaged to lock in optimum freshness,” according to the complaint.
However, Suchanek claims Grove Square cartridges actually contain instant coffee — not freshly brewed coffee as advertised.
In a phone interview Wednesday, Suchanek said the products were “absolutely horrible” and tasted like hot water.
“If you shake the cup, they have hardly any coffee in them,” she said.
She also seeks an order that the defendants refrain from making false statements in the future.
Linda Suchanek, your outrage is justified, and you are a true American patriot. Read the full feature here via The Madison Record.
