If you downloaded a coupon for a free KFC Kentucky Grilled Chicken® meal from unthinkfc.com or oprah.com, and did not receive the meal (or other compensation), you could get a cash payment from a class action settlement.
A class action settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against KFC Corporation (“KFC”) and YUM! Brands, Inc. (“Yum Brands” or “Yum”)(collectively, “Defendants”) pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (styled In re Kentucky Grilled Chicken Coupon Marketing & Sales Practices Litigation, Class Action Case No. 1:09-cv-7670) challenging, among other things, KFC’s handling of Oprah Winfrey’s free two-piece Kentucky Grilled Chicken® with two individual sides and a biscuit (the “KGC Free Meal”) coupon promotion in May 2009, according to the Oprah Winfrey KFC & Yum Brands Free Kentucky Grilled Chicken Coupon Marketing Litigation class action settlement notice.
The class (“Settlement Class”) covered by the Oprah Winfrey KFC & Yum Brands Free Kentucky Grilled Chicken Coupon Marketing Litigation settlement is reportedly defined as follows:
all persons who (a) downloaded an Original or PDF Coupon between May 5, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. central time and May 6, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. central time from Oprah.com or unthinkfc.com, and (b) did not receive (i) the KGC Free Meal pursuant to the Original Coupon, the PDF Coupon, or the Raincheck Coupon, (ii) a “Chicken Check” or other compensation from KFC in response to a complaint concerning the Oprah Promotion, or (iii) a free meal or other consideration at a restaurant unaffiliated with Defendants that agreed to accept the KGC Coupons.
Defendants have reportedly agreed to pay up to $1.575 million ($1,575,000) for (i) Valid Claims submitted by Settlement Class members, (ii) notice to the Settlement Class, (iii) administrative costs of the settlement, (iv) Class Counsel’s attorneys’ fees and costs; and (v) incentive awards to Plaintiffs.
A class action fairness hearing has been set for November 30, 2011, at 10:00 a.m., before Chief Judge James F. Holderman in his courtroom at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Eastern Division), Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60604.
For more information on the Oprah Winfrey KFC & Yum Brands Free Kentucky Grilled Chicken Coupon Marketing Litigation class action settlement, visit the Coupon Marketing Litigation Informational Website:
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