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Biggest Loser Trainer Jillian Michaels Sued for $5 Million in Damages

TV Show Biggest Loser’s terror trainer Jillian Michaels is now embroiled in a $5 million class action lawsuit over Maximum Strength Calorie Control diet pills which allegedly produce no effect at all on its users.

Christie Christensen from California filed a complaint against Michaels (who endorsed and is pictured on the diet pill’s bottle packaging), Thin Care International and Utah-based Basic Research, the companies who produced and marketed the supplement.

The diet supplement package advertises, "Two Capsules Before Main Meals and You Lose Weight...That's It!"

However, according to Christensen’s lawyer, Melissa Harnett, the diet supplements do not work as advertised and that her client felt misled and defrauded especially since Michaels is a celebrity fitness trainer. Harnett further added that they have been receiving a lot of calls from a lot of disgruntled consumers who felt deceived by the product.

In a recent statement issued by Michael’s side in response to the lawsuit, they are firmly standing by the integrity of their product.

According to the statement, the Jillian Michaels line of weight control products is the #1 line of natural weight control products in the United States which have been reviewed by some of the leading weight-loss experts in the world. Under product liability laws, some claims for damages are based on breach of warranty. This is usually committed a promise or guarantee made by the seller of the product is broken – such as the product turns out to be defective or not as should be expected by a reasonable buyer.

Warranties can either be express or implied and it can be made through a “warranty document” or it may arise by operation of law based on the seller’s description of the goods or claims of source and quality.

An advertisement is a form of express warranty and under the law, the product must substantially conform to what is advertised. A violation of warranty can give rise not only to false advertising charges as filed by Ms. Christensen but also product liability claims.

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