Vibram Hit With Five-Finger Class Action

It was just announced that a group of five law firms have filed a class action suit against Vibram USA, Inc. and Vibram FiveFingers, LLC in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts. This class action lawsuit alleges that the company made deceptive health benefit statements about their shoes and about barefoot running.

The lawsuit asserts that: 1) health benefits claims Vibram FiveFingers has used to promote the shoes are deceptive; 2) FiveFingers may increase injury risk as compared to running in conventional running shoes, and even when compared to running barefoot; 3) there are no well-designed scientific studies that support FiveFingers' claims. The class action lawsuit, filed on March 21 on behalf of Florida resident Valeria Bezdek, also represents more than 200 people with claims against Vibram. The claims totals exceed $5,000,000.