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[font size = 4]Vibram, 'Barefoot Running Shoe' Company, Settles Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit
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Vibram, the company behind FiveFingers shoes, just settled a $3.75 million class action lawsuit over false claims that its running shoe yields health benefits, Runner's World reports. The thin-soled, flexible shoes, which cost about $100 a pair, are said to mimic the experience of running in bare feet, and thus "improve foot health" -- an unsupported claim the company falsely advertised.
The lawsuit was first filed by Valerie Bezdek in March 2012. According to court filings, Bezdek claimed that Vibram deployed deceptive marketing and falsely advertised the following benefits from wearing its shoe, without basing its claims on any scientific research:
(1) Strengthen muscles in the feet and lower legs
(2) Improve range of motion in the ankles, feet, and toes
(3) Stimulate neural function important to balance and agility
(4) Eliminate heel lift to align the spine and improve posture
(5) Allow the foot and body to move naturally
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/10/_n_5302213.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)that I'm impressed that someone could out dork Croc's.
Damn, you wouldn't catch me dead wearing something that dumb looking or believing that kind of advertising. It sounds like something Kevin Trudeau would try to hock on late night TV.
Kingofalldems
(38,503 posts)calimary
(81,565 posts)mysuzuki2
(3,521 posts)Yes, I am a dork. I would never try to run or walk any distance in them. They are mostly just my Hausschuhe.
Raine1967
(11,589 posts)mysuzuki2
(3,521 posts)I have always been a sharp and hip dresser!
steve2470
(37,457 posts)you need CUSHIONING in the soles. Those appear to have no or minimal cushions. I don't care if some shoes are the latest thing since sliced bread and cost $1K, if they don't have decent looking/feeling cushions, I'm not buying. Your feet, legs, ankles, and knees take a pounding and you need every bit of that cushioning.
That said, a cool ice breaker on the beach
whistler162
(11,155 posts)since I wasn't sure which brand he bought. His are from a different maker.