The producer of Chicco KidFit booster seats plans to oppose its personal class motion settlement Wednesday, citing rampant fraud within the claims course of.
The settlement, reached earlier this yr, would pay shoppers who bought six sorts of Chicco KidFit booster seats. Lawsuits alleged the booster seats had been falsely marketed as protected for teenagers as gentle as 30 kilos. Artsana USA Inc., the defendant, offered fewer than 875,000 booster seats throughout that interval, however, in keeping with courtroom filings, the settlement has generated greater than double that variety of claims, and as many as 99% of them are fraudulent.
