Burger King Avoids Class Certification in Suit Over Whopper Size

A suit challenging the advertising Burger King Corp. uses to promote its Whoppers and other burgers isn’t suitable for class certification, a federal judge in Florida said.

The plaintiffs failed to establish the criteria needed to certify a nationwide class for any of their claims under Florida law, Judge Roy K. Altman said Tuesday for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

The plaintiffs purchased either a Whopper or Big King burger based on the size displayed in the ads, but the products they received were smaller than they expected. Had they known the actual size, they ...