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Consumers Seek Class-Action Lawsuit In Response To Fair Oaks Alleged Animal Abuse

Fair Oaks Farms entrance to its agricultural tourism attraction in northern Indiana.
Samantha Horton/IPB News
Fair Oaks Farms entrance to its agricultural tourism attraction in northern Indiana.

Lawyers are asking a federal judge to combine multiple lawsuits against milk distributor Fairlife and the owners of a northern Indiana dairy farm into a single class-action suit.

Consumers from several states filed lawsuits against Fair Oaks Farms, Fairlife and Coca-Cola for consumer fraud after videos last summer showed alleged animal abuse at Fair Oaks. The suits allege the defendants failed to meet claims that animals were treated with care.

READ MORE: Activist Group’s Video Shows Calves Being Abused At Fair Oaks Farms

The plaintiffs have until Friday to submit paperwork that will create a lead council to represent all the lawsuits.

Contact Samantha at  shorton@wfyi.org or follow her on Twitter at @SamHorton5.

Samantha Horton is the All Things Considered newscaster and a reporter at WFYI. She is a graduate from University of Evansville with a bachelor’s degree in international studies, political science and communication where she also swam all four years. Samantha has worked as a reporter at WNIN in Evansville, Side Effects Public Media, Indiana Public Broadcasting and the Kansas News Service. In 2022 she was one of two fellows with the NPR Midwest Newsroom and Missouri Independent investigating elevated blood lead levels in children.
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