Aunt Jemima Heirs Sue Pepsi for $2 Billion
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 9th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Aunt Jemima Heirs Sue Pepsi for $2 Billion
D.W. Hunter, the great grandson of Anna Short Harrington, the woman who became “Aunt Jemima,” has filed a class action lawsuit against PepsiCo, Quaker Oats Company, Pinnacle Foods Group and Hillshire Brands Company on behalf of all of her great grandchildren. Hunter alleges that the companies conspired to deny that Harrington had been an employee of Quaker Oats, exploiting her image and recipes for profit while refusing to pay an “equitable fair share of royalties” to her heirs for more than 60 years. He is seeking $2 billion.