Posted on 10/29/2020 2:40:44 PM PDT by rickmichaels
Canada Dry settled in court for $200,000 with a B.C. man who claimed the company falsely advertised its ginger content to have medicinal properties.
Most of the $200,000 will be going to a legal foundation.
The plaintiff, Victor Cardoso, started a class action lawsuit on Jan. 21, 2019, on behalf of all Canadians outside of Quebec, arguing that Canada Dry’s label was misleading. This came after similar lawsuits were filed in the U.S. Shortly afterward, two similar cases popped up in Quebec and Alberta.
Cardoso alleged that the marketing of the ginger ale as “Made from Real Ginger” was deceptive because the product contained no ginger, according to court documents. The argument was later shifted to the ginger ale containing “negligible” amounts of ginger.
“They do buy actual ginger, but then what they do is they boil it in ethanol, and that essentially destroys any nutritional or medicinal benefits,” Mark C. Canofari, one of the lawyers from Boughton Law Corporation who represented Cardoso’s claim, told CTV News.
Ginger is commonly used as an herbal remedy. There’s strong evidence that ginger can relieve nausea, as well as weaker evidence for other benefits, such as acting as an anti-inflammatory.
The owners of the ginger ale, Canada Dry Mott’s, produced documents showing it was made with ginger derivatives. The fact that the ginger ale contained a derivative took a lot of steam out of the lawsuit, regardless of how much was actually present in a given can of Canada Dry ginger ale.
After two years of effort and hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal expenses, the settlement won’t even cover the legal fees. Consumers won’t be compensated in any way and there’s no sign that Canada Dry will change its advertising.
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Imma sue the Girl Scouts because their Girl Scout cookies aren’t made with real Girl Scouts.
Fail.
My question is ‘how much ale’ is in Canada Dry Ginger Ale?
Another triumph for all that is right and good
After two years of effort and hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal expenses, the settlement won’t even cover the legal fees.
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What an utterly useless lawsuit. Except, for the lawyer scum.
Their old ads in the ‘70s claimed that Canada Dry “tastes like love”. I don’t know if anyone ever tried a lawsuit over that.
I DO miss Canada Dry Jamaica Cola. That was an exceptional Cola.
We enjoy the Addams Family movies:). The 2nd being better than the first.
When Coca Cola first came out, it had cocaine in it, or so the legend goes.
So did Pepsi.
I think you might have a lawsuit there.
That is true.
It was also considerably more expensive per bottle, according to my parents.
Vernor’s is the only ginger ale and I aint sure about it anymore.
I want to start a suit based on the impossibility and implausibility of their commercial:
How could a person possibly drink Canada dry?!!
It is reminiscent of the old drinking song:
Glorious! Glorious!
One keg of beer for the four of us.
Praise be to God that there are no more of us.
Cause, we can drink it all alone!
But I don’t think even four of us would be able to drink Canada dry!
And it tastes better. But not as good as it did when I was a kid. I think the cutting of the aging from four years to three diminished the flavor.
But it is not bad when I don't have time to brew my own.
What would they do if people ate GREENBEEFOS! “The Ultimate Catalyst” by (Eric Temple Bell)AKA John Tane.
It is no longer aged in oak barrels, but it’s the best out there.
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