Walmart Shoppers Could Get $500 Cash Payments as Part of $45 Million Lawsuit Settlement

Some Walmart shoppers may be eligible to receive cash payments of up to $500 as part of a $45 million settlement the retail giant recently agreed to enter into in order to settle a lawsuit. The settlement stems from a class action lawsuit in which Walmart was accused of three “systemic unfair and deceptive” business practices that led to customers being charged more than a product’s lowest advertised per pound or per ounce price. Walmart was accused of falsely inflating product weight, mislabeling the weight of bagged produce, and overcharging for sold-by-weight clearance products, per the complaint. Shoppers at checkout were deceptively led to believe that they were paying lower prices on sold-by-weight goods like poultry and seafood, and on certain bagged citrus fruits like organic oranges and grapefruit....