Attorney General Jim Hood filed this motion to amend his complaint in a case against numerous manufacturers of vitamins for conspiracy and price-fixing. A copy of the proposed amended complaint is attached to the motion. The case is pending in the plaintiff “hotbed” of Rankin County Chancery Court.
According to the Complaint, the manufacturers already paid substantial fines to the federal government. Other states filed similar cases and many have settled, as reported here.
The Complaint alleges that over a many-year period the manufacturers of vitamins conspired to fix prices in violation of antitrust and other laws. The Complaint seeks to recoup money paid by Mississippians. Maybe they can get free vitamins thrown into the deal, like when Kramer got free coffee to settle his case on Seinfeld.
Hood hired several Mississippi lawyers to pursue the case, including Richard Schwartz, Brent Hazzard, Precious Martin, Lee Abraham and John Gadow.
It sounds like the kind of case that is very interesting if you are actually involved in it, but boring when you are not. Sort of like a complex commercial case.