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Company: Vitalife Inc.
Penalty: $1,020,000
Year: 2008
Date: April 5, 2008
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Nutritional supplement company Vitalife Inc. agreed to pay $1.02 million in civil penalties and costs and provide refunds to customers after settling a consumer protection lawsuit with the Orange County District Attorney that alleged false advertising, refusing refunds on unwanted products and failing to use required warning labels.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Orange County (CA) District Attorney
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: Orange
Source of Data: Health company in Irvine to pay $1.02 million; Vitalife, which makes dietary supplements, also must offer refunds to its customers, Orange County Register, April 5, 2008 (via Nexis).
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