Redone Wesson Oil Deal Offers $3 Million, Attorneys Seek No Fee

Attorneys representing Wesson Oil consumers plan to seek no fee in a reworked false-ad settlement with Conagra Brands Inc. that now provides a $3 million fund, they said in a filing to a federal judge who threw out the initial deal over collusion concerns.

Robert Briseño and others sued in 2011, alleging Wesson Oil was deceptively labeled “100% natural” because it contained genetically modified ingredients. Eleven statewide classes were certified.

Conagra agreed in 2018 to an uncapped settlement that ended up paying less than $1 million in claims.

The company, which had stopped using the “natural” label in 2017 and ...