Federal Jury Orders Egg Suppliers to Pay $17.7 Million for Price Gouging in the 2000s: What This Means for Consumers
A federal jury in Illinois has ordered $17.7 million in damages to be paid to multiple food manufacturing companies. This amount is tripled to over $53 million under federal law. The companies had brought a lawsuit against major egg producers over a conspiracy to limit the egg supply in the United States. The jury determined …